UC Davis researchers performed the world's first in-utero stem cell therapy for spina bifida. All six babies were born ...

Liza Robbins was born with spina bifida, but that didn't stop her from becoming a varsity wheelchair basketball player for the Bennett Blazers.

"It's special because she can relate." A 2-year-old is spreading smiles after an adorable video of her showing off her Barbie was viewed by thousands on Facebook. Ella Rogers was born with spina ...

Max Mata's family says a modified bike from "The Great Bike Giveaway" could allow him to ride and play outside alongside ...

A phase 1 clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery ...

Spina bifida is Latin for split spine and is a birth defect in which an area of the spinal column doesn’t form properly, leaving a section of the spinal cord and spinal nerves exposed. The exact cause ...

Two football fans who are running 100 miles (161km) in four days in aid of a toddler with spina bifida are "absolutely ...

THE State inquiry into the care for children with spina bifida and scoliosis must not be “a whitewash”, Mary Lou McDonald has warned. And the Sinn Fein leader highlighted several stories of kids ...

Life expectancy in patients with open spina bifida varies with the severity of impairment, mobility, feeding ability, and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – A small but mighty organization will celebrate a huge win on Wednesday. The nonprofit recently formed a legislative action committee to advocate for people living with spina bifida.

THE voices of families will be at the centre of the statutory inquiry into scoliosis and spina bifida services in our children’s hospitals, the Coalition has promised. It comes as the Government ...

Spina bifida is a developmental malformation of the spinal cord that leads to complications in several organ systems and considerable disability, even decades after repair of the anomaly. Before the ...