Until recent years, spina bifida was considered primarily a pediatric problem. With the success of innovative health care, there are now more individuals with this condition living healthy adult lives ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Doctors call it a triumph of American medicine: People are living into adulthood with conditions that were once considered unsurvivable, but some adults are having a hard time ...

San Diego—April 1, 2025– 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 ...

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A clinical trial for spina bifida treatment suggests that a surgical approach relying on stem cells is safe for patients. Its ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson received $1.7 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve knowledge regarding the prevalence ...

Nick Heilig, a volunteer with spina bifida, rolls through Delaware Park during the September 2022 Walk and Roll event hosted by SBWNY. Heilig helped plan the Walk and Roll which raised over $11,000 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My sister has spina bifida. She is 72, on heavy-duty pain meds and is very discouraged, as no doctors have been able to help her. Some have even hurt her in their efforts to assist. My ...

A phase 1 clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery before birth is a safe and promising approach to treat myelomeningocele, a ...

In Nigeria, children born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus face overwhelming challenges—life-saving surgeries are costly, specialised care is scarce, and social stigma isolates families.

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 ...