Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during embryonic development, findings that could inform new treatments for ...

The gestational period is the time during which your baby's body develops at a rapid pace. Certain maternal health conditions ...

Spina bifida is a developmental malformation of the spinal cord that leads to complications in several organ systems and considerable disability, even decades after repair of the anomaly. Before the ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neurological disease caused by reduced survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein levels. There is presently no cure for the condition, although current therapies ...

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.

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during embryonic development, findings that could inform new treatments for ...

Modulating the activity of a kinase in motor neurons may help mitigate mitochondrial defects and other symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy, offering a new therapeutic avenue for the devastating ...

Since people will always have to eat, food remains a veritable tool for preventing diseases and reducing the need for treatment. Spina bifida is, therefore, a good case for using food to prevent the ...

Today marks National Spina Bifida Day, a birth defect that affects roughly 1,500 children in the U.S. every year. Doctors at UTHealth are performing a unique surgery to fix the iss HOUSTON, Texas ...

Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK, giving pregnant mothers extra protection through foods consumed such as bread against life-threatening spinal and brain conditions ...