Neural tube defects happen because the neural tube does not fuse during early embryonic development. Open neural tube defects are those in which the affected region of the neural tube is exposed on ...

Repair of open neural tube defects, including myelomeningocele, in the fetus has been shown to improve postnatal outcomes by decreasing the severity of hydrocephalus and, consequentially, reducing the ...

We read with interest the recent article that found the recurrence risk of any type of neural tube defect (NTD) among siblings of individuals with lipomyelomeningocele to be consistent with that for ...

Dolutegravir is a preferred medication for treating HIV infection, but it recently has been linked to a 6- to 9-fold increase in the risk for neural tube defects among babies born to mothers receiving ...

The p53 gene stops tumors from forming. Now researchers have found that the tumor-suppressing gene also has a critical role in the formation of the neural tube in female embryos. The neural tube is ...

Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital presents the Fetal Medicine Webinar series. These webinars will feature lectures provided by leading international experts in fetal surgery and ...

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of policies and recommendations on folic acid aimed at reducing the occurrence of neural tube defects. Design Retrospective cohort study of births monitored by ...

In those precious weeks before a woman even realizes she's pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube, a hollow structure made of cells which will eventually become the brain and ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A new report out by the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is showing the most common neural tube birth defect in Utah babies is Spina Bifida. And in an effort to help educate ...

Several conditions associated with human neural-tube defects are known to occur naturally in dogs. A gene related to neural tube defects in dogs has for the first time been identified by researchers ...