The newborn had a birth defect that left a gap in his lower spine, through which tissue pushed out and formed a giant, red, ...

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 ...

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 ...