DNA mutations that contribute to spina bifida during embryogenesis open the door to potential treatments
Scientists at Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at the ...
“Just like me.” The story behind heartwarming viral video of a boy in a wheelchair in a SC Target
“There’s a girl in a wheelchair, just like me,” then 4-year-old Ezra Spinelli repeats in the viral video. Since Ezra’s mother ...
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Breakthrough study sheds new light on causes of spina bifida and potential treatments
Scientists make a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic causes of spina bifida, a serious birth defect ...
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Genetic Discoveries in Spina Bifida Development May Lead to Innovative Treatments
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Among the Academies: Transforming Lives Before Birth
As one of the world’s first fetal surgeons, Diana Farmer has long been focused on the smallest of patients.She specializes in ...
More than 200 children awaiting spinal surgery as Minister says ‘trajectory’ improving
Carroll MacNeill said 16 children have received their surgery abroad since 2024. According to the most recent figures from ...
A boy’s pure joy over a Target ad highlights what’s lost when companies roll back DEI
In response to Ezra’s excited reaction at ‘feeling seen’ in Target, TikTok user @blissfullybex commented that, as an adult, ...
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Neurosurgery advocates for legislation to prevent spina bifida in Alabama’s Hispanic community
Members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery, the Global Alliance for Prevention of Spina ...
Donnelly told HSE to send children overseas for spinal surgeries due to disappointment at backlog
In one of last letters as minister for health, Stephen Donnelly directed executive under Health Act to treat children with scoliosis and spina bifida ...
‘These patients are pioneers’: Duke launches adult spina bifida clinic after many survive childhood
Spina bifida isn’t the only condition doctors are addressing differently as more patients survive to adulthood. Dr. Weiner ...
Three children stabbed in Sydney’s northwest, mother arrested
A north-west Sydney father woke to the sounds of his three children screaming, after their mother allegedly stabbed them with ...