Babies who were exposed to certain organic pollutants in the womb are at a highly increased risk of neural tube defects leading to conditions such as spina bifida, according to researchers in China.

About 300,000 to 400,000 fetuses per year from mothers with diabetes develop neural tube defects -- when the tissue that eventually forms the brain and spinal cord fails to form properly -- which can ...

Meningomyelocele, also commonly known as myelomeningocele, is a type of spina bifida. Spina bifida is a birth defect in which the spinal canal and the backbone don’t close before the baby is born.

Neural tube defects (NTD) are among the most common and severe congenital defects. The genetic background of a failure in the neural tube closure, which is the cause of NTD remains unknown. Among ...

Spina bifida is among the most common and debilitating neural tube defects, affecting approximately 1 in every 2,875 newborns in the United States. This congenital malformation disrupts the normal ...

Genetic mutations which occur naturally during the earliest stages of an embryo's development can cause the severe birth defect spina bifida, finds a new experimental study in mice. Genetic mutations ...

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how infants born within families who have a high risk of neural-tube defects (NTD) could also be at an increased risk of Down's syndrome ...

The cause of the boy's lump is unknown, although doctors suspect it could be an unusual symptom of a neural tube defect. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Birth defects affect millions of babies each year, but many can be prevented or detected early. Experts explain why antenatal ...