Rene Kirby, a Vermont native with spina bifida who defied physical limitations to act, compete in sports, and live ...

Officials say in a historic first for Indiana, Riley Children’s Health has performed the state’s first successful fetal ...

Myelomeningocele is the most severe type of spina bifida. It occurs when the neural tube fails to close before the birth of a baby, forming a sac that holds some parts of the spinal cord and nerves.

A Kansas City toddler defied great odds after undergoing a trailblazing surgery for a neural tube defect known as spina ...

An adoption agency once turned Kelly and Larry Peterson away because they have spina bifida. Today, they're the proud parents ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), spina bifida affects 1 in every 2,758 births in the United States. Spina muscular atrophy is less prevalent, affecting 1 in every ...

Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect that affects the spine and occurs when the neural tube doesn’t fully close during fetal development, causing the backbone that protects the spinal cord to ...

According to the Spina Bifida Association, "The condition is a type of neural tube defect (NTD) that occurs when a baby's neural tube fails to develop or close properly — the literal meaning for ...

Spina bifida in Latin means split spine, so like the nerves and the spinal cord and the spine don't form properly. So it's a type of neural tube defect, a birth defect.

Three babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells. This was made possible by a landmark clinical trial at UC Davis Health ...

Three babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells. This was made possible by a landmark clinical trial at UC Davis Health.. The one ...