The revolutionary procedure at Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital reduces the risk of complications for moms and improves outcomes for babies ...

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

Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect, meaning that a fetus’ developing spine and spinal cord don’t fully form and ...

A first-in-human trial shows the feasibility and safety of delivering placenta-derived stem cells during prenatal ...

Stem cell therapy performed on babies in the womb could reverse brain abnormalities linked to a severe birth defect, experts ...

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 ...

Stem cell therapy performed while babies are still in the womb could help reverse brain abnormalities associated with a ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Children born with spina bifida usually face a multitude of challenges throughout their lives, with many of them having limited mobility. But a ground breaking experimental surgery ...

ARVADA, Colo. — When Shannon Landry Dawson and Noel Dawson learned at their 20-week prenatal checkup that their son had been diagnosed with myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, they ...

Choosing to have children is always a step into the unknown. The unknown for Alisha Staten…a condition called spina bifida. She never expected it, but you’ll see she rose to the challenge it presented ...

KSHB 41 anchor/reporter JuYeon Kim covers agricultural issues and the fentanyl crisis. Share your story idea with JuYeon. A Kansas City toddler defied great odds after undergoing a trailblazing ...

A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to ...