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Down Syndrome
First drug to help Down syndrome people now being tested
Michael Cook | 20 April 2013 |
The first drug to help people with Down syndrome overcome cognitive deficits is being tested on humans.
UK Down syndrome woman protected from sterilization
Xavier.Symons | 22 February 2013 |
There is a growing push for greater rights for Down syndrome people – in particular that they be fully protected from forced sterilisation. A landmark ruling by a UK court may have brought this goal one step closer.
Will International Criminal Court hear complaint about Down Syndrome eugenics?
Michael Cook | 07 July 2012 |
A New Zealand pro-life group has resorted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to get justice for Down Syndrome children. And, improbable as it seems, it is having some success.
Should eugenics become a “fundamental human right”?
Michael Cook | 05 May 2012 |
Should termination of Down syndrome foetuses be regarded as a fundamental human right? This is an issue which the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is currently pondering in the case of Krūzmane vs. Latvia.
Oregon: “wrongful birth” of Down syndrome child
Michael Cook | 16 March 2012 |
An Oregon jury awarded nearly US$3 million to a couple whose daughter was born with Down syndrome after doctors had reassured them that the baby would be normal.
Non-invasive Down syndrome test available next week
Michael Cook | 22 October 2011 |
A new non-invasive test for Down syndrome will be offered in 20 cities from Monday. According to an article in the journal Genetics in Medicine, it picks up 98.6% of DS children and has a false positive rate of only 0.2%. This is a vast improvement on existing screening tests, whose false positive rate can be as high as 5%.
Life with Down syndrome overwhelmingly happy, says US study
Michael Cook | 01 October 2011 |
The latest research on life with Down syndrome paints a very positive picture. In a major feature in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Dr Brian Skotko, of Children’s Hospital Boston, and colleagues report that “The overwhelming majority of parents surveyed report that they are happy with their decision to have their child with DS and indicate that their sons and daughters are great sources of love and pride”.
A race against time for Down syndrome research
Michael Cook | 20 August 2011 |
Is it possible to cure Down syndrome? Alberto Costa, a 48-year-old physician and neuroscientist at University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine, thinks so. He has started a clinical trial on young adults with Down syndrome to see if the drug memantine helps them become “smarter”. It is the first randomized clinical trial ever to take a drug that worked in mice with Down syndrome and apply it to humans.
High doses of IVF drugs could cause Down Syndrome
Jared Yee | 08 July 2011 |
High doses of drugs used to stimulate the ovaries of older women undergoing fertility treatment may result in failed pregnancies and babies with conditions such as Down’s syndrome.
Down’s Syndrome test breakthrough looming
Jared Yee | 18 March 2011 |
Test could be available by 2013
Down syndrome screening is genocide, says New Zealand group
Michael Cook | 25 November 2010 |
Threat to sue the government
Positives can outweigh negatives for new parents of Down syndrome children
Michael Cook | 07 August 2010 |
US researchers find that doctors can be hostile
Melbourne couples sue over Down syndrome births
Michael Cook | 24 July 2010 |
Parents want compensation for distress and specialist care
Down’s syndrome babies depicted as non-persons in major UK newspaper
Michael Cook | 09 July 2010 |
Blood test still years away
Future looks bleak for ageing US adults with intellectual disabilities
Michael Cook | 09 July 2010 |
Doctors poorly trained to care for them, says JAMA
Wrong foetus selected in Florida termination
Michael Cook | 17 April 2010 |
A doctor who never said No
Down syndrome cure could be possible
Michael Cook | 21 November 2009 |
Stanford research focuses on reasons for cognitive delays
UK doctors fibbing about Down syndrome, says expert
Michael Cook | 14 November 2009 |
Trying to spare feelings of women
Lid kept on UK Down syndrome kids with prenatal testing
Michael Cook | 28 October 2009 |
New BMJ study
Will Down Syndrome children become extinct?
03 October 2009 |
92% of women abort Down Syndrome children
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