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 ...

Scientists make a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic causes of spina bifida, a serious birth defect ...

So she took her son to a new neurosurgeon and explained her suspicion. "She said point blank, ‘Here's occulta spina bifida, and here's where the spine is tethered," Courtney said. Spina bifida ...

Spina bifida isn’t the only condition doctors are addressing differently as more patients survive to adulthood. Dr. Weiner ...

UC Davis Health’s groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis of spina bifida before birth. Multiple babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment ...

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.

Members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery, the Global Alliance for Prevention of Spina ...