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

Fetoscopic spina bifida repair improves foetal brain edema and hindbrain herniation on MRI. Learn how imaging guides follow-up.

A patch made of stem cells from donor placentas has been used to treat fetuses in the womb with a severe form of spina bifida as part of a world-first trial. The novel approach seems to have reversed ...

Experimental therapy of applying stem cells during surgery could be ‘major milestone’ in treatment of birth defects Giving stem cells to unborn babies diagnosed with spina bifida while they have in ...

In utero treatment of myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, with allogeneic, live stem cells was feasible and safe, a first-in-human, phase I trial suggested. All six infants had an ...

Many infants with the most severe form of spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, experience breathing disruptions during sleep — increasing the risk of cognitive deficits later in life, a new study ...

Six pregnant women participated in a small trial in which placenta-derived stem cells were applied to fetal spinal cords and the treatment was found to be safe. Spina bifida, a condition in which the ...

The combination of placenta-derived stem cells (PMSCs) with standard in utero repair for severe spina bifida appears feasible and safe, with no cell-related adverse events observed at birth, a ...

Caregivers at Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital are celebrating the success of a new, less invasive procedure to help repair spina ...

A clinical trial has confirmed the safety of a treatment involving the direct administration of stem cells to the exposed spinal cord of fetuses with spina bifida for the first time. Spina bifida, a ...

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the spine fails to close during development and is one of a few types of open neural tube defects. Another one is called anencephaly where the the skull is open. Spina bifida is a condition which is ...