Spina bifida is among the most common and debilitating neural tube defects, affecting approximately 1 in every 2,875 newborns in the United States. This congenital malformation disrupts the normal ...

Angela Ibarra-Garcia in an ultrasound learned her baby girl, Daniela, had spina bifida, a condition where the spine doesn't ...

Co-authors on a paper in the journal Science reporting a link between a chromosomal microdeletion and spina bifida include (from left) Joseph Gleeson and Keng Ioi “Harry” Vong, both of the UC San ...

San Diego—April 1, 2025– Scientists at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, have made a ...

Scientists at Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, have made a significant breakthrough in ...

Doctors at a hospital in Orlando say 3D printing technology is helping them fix congenital disabilities in babies that haven't even been born yet. The new technology allows doctors to print a ...

KSHB 41 anchor/reporter JuYeon Kim covers agricultural issues and the fentanyl crisis. Share your story idea with JuYeon. A Kansas City toddler defied great odds after undergoing a trailblazing ...

The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago will receive $10 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to study ways to improve bowel continence in people ...