Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy.

BBC hit series Call the Midwife saw Baby June's parents leave her behind after she was born with a serious condition, leading ...

Ruth was able to watch the surgery on an unborn baby with spina bifida I could only imagine what my own mum would have done in this position, if such surgery had been available when she was ...

Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina bifida. The condition meant Tommy’s spine and spinal cord was not developing properly, causing a gap in ...

Lindsey was 18 weeks pregnant with her fifth child when she got a life-changing phone call. Her blood work was abnormal. She ...

Call the Midwife star Molly Vevers has joined the cast of the hit BBC drama as new character Sister Catherine, who will be introduced in episode four of the current series ...

This is what happened to the boy in the image, who had a specific version of spina bifida called meningocele. However, none of these factors played a role in the baby's condition in this case ...

Call the Midwife star Molly Vevers has opened up about her role as Sister Catherine in the BBC series, admitting that she was 'quite nervous' about filming her first birth scene ...

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 ...

Wadia Hospital in Mumbai has opened a cutting-edge fetal surgery center specializing in treating open spina bifida, aiming to ...