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

“When the baby sheep who received stem cells ... world’s first dogs to be successfully treated with surgery and stem cells. Spina bifida, a common birth defect in this breed, frequently ...

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

A Georgia mother underwent surgery at Texas Children's Hospital to mend her unborn baby's spine, affected by a rare birth defect. Melissa Wilson was invited into the operating room by a world ...

The "very hungry" newborn is back at the ... But NHS England has confirmed that spinal surgery for unborn babies with spina bifida will soon be routinely available. Mrs Simpson is thought to ...

HOUSTON - A family from the Bryan/College Station area thought their daughter was going to be wheelchair-bound for life ...

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 ...

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

Once again, Call the Midwife confronts a brutal reality: internalised ableism too often prevents people from seeing the ...

The NHS website saw more than 18,000 hits in an hour on its spina bifida pages following Sunday night’s episode of Call the Midwife. Spina bifida is a rare condition that occurs when a baby’s spine ...