Trisomy 18 is a fatal chromosomal condition that can be detected during pregnancy. It's also at the center of a new legal case in Texas, where a mom of two, Kate Cox, is seeking an abortion after ...

(CBS) Bella Santorum, the 3-year-old daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia and complications from the genetic disorder, Trisomy ...

At 20 weeks pregnant, Kate Cox sued the state of Texas seeking an exemption to its abortion ban, which denies the procedure to mothers whose lives are not in danger. Cox begged the court earlier this ...

Trisomy 18 typically results in life-threatening complications for a baby, but one little girl, Georgia, is proof of how one can live with it. This is, first and foremost, a love story ... about a ...

"She had a very tough go of it," Santorumsaid. "But she rallied. His three-year-old daughter Bella, who has been diagnosed with Trisomy 18, was rushed to the hospital this weekend after developing ...

Background: Trisomy 18 is the second most common autosomal trisomy in liveborn infants, characterised by severe psychomotor and growth retardation. The median survival is 19 days, with only 5-8% ...

(CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announced Tuesday that he would suspend his campaign for the presidency. The announcement comes after Santorum took time off from his ...

In healthy individuals, cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes (for a total of 46 chromosomes per cell). These chromosomes contain a person's genetic information. Each pair of chromosomes contains one ...

This is, first and foremost, a love story ... about a mother and her unbreakable bond with her daughter, who is just like any other 6-year-old girl. You can see the love in the way Kimberly Minor ...