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.

held in place with a biomaterial scaffold to form a “patch,” helped lambs with spina bifida walk without noticeable disability. “When the baby sheep who received stem cells were born ...

On the O.R. monitor, we were able to observe what spina bifida looks like before the repair. In spina bifida, the neural tube, which should form the brain and spinal cord, doesn't close completely, ...

“Who better to teach a baby with spina bifida how to grow up to be independent and to manage their own care?” Hadley Peterson's doctor says Susan Young is a reporter for PEOPLE. She started ...

Spina bifida, a birth defect that involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord, will be the topic of discussion in a public forum Wednesday, July 14, at The Health Museum of Houston. The ...

Many babies diagnosed with spina bifida survive into adulthood ... already get their required amount of folate - the natural form of the vitamin - from a normal diet. There was a concern that ...

But it wasn’t easy. The family says one of their biggest obstacles was one of the things they all have in common: spina bifida, or birth defects affecting the spine that can result in mobility ...