Doctors worked to close a small hole at the base of his spine through which his spinal cord protruded, a severe form of a birth defect known as spina bifida. Although spina bifida is relatively ...

Spina bifida, also known as myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive ...

Women who are planning on becoming pregnant are already encouraged to increase their daily intake of another folate – folic acid – to help prevent birth defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly.

Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect that is associated with life. Each year approximately 1,400 babies born in the United States have spina bifida, according to the U.S.

Our laboratory makes use of a variety of such mice to understand the mechanism by which nutrients such as folic acid prevents common birth defects, including neural tube (Spina bifida) and heart ...

The importance of women having enough folic acid in their bodies before and during pregnancy to prevent permanent and life-threatening birth defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly ...

The Learjet crashed less than a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on Jan. 31 near a residential area and shopping center. Four others on board, two pilots, a doctor and ...

The current focus of the lab is on the common and severe birth defect wherein the neural tube (NT) fails to close resulting in neural tube defects (NTDs) such as spina bifida. Using genetic, molecular ...

A common birth defect caused a newborn baby to develop ... leaving babies with a gap in their spine known as spina bifida. Usually, this gap is covered by skin and doesn't cause any symptoms ...

Caption Mutations in a gene known as interferon regulatory factor 6 that cause cleft lip and palate also are implicated in neural tube defects such as spina bifida, suggests research by an ...

Parel's Wadia Hospital in Mumbai has launched a fetal surgery centre for open spina bifida, a birth defect affecting newborns' spinal closure during pregnancy.