Theo Dawson was diagnosed with spina bifida after a 20-week ultrasound and received fetal surgery before he was born.

A five-year, $2.8 million grant was awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health to ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - There's a remarkable procedure to correct a birth defect and prevent brain damage. What's amazing is the surgery was done on the fetus while the baby girl was still in the womb ...

A baby underwent surgery in the womb for spina bifida, and since being born six weeks ago, the child is healthy and developing well, according to a statement from the Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

Angela Ibarra-Garcia in an ultrasound learned her baby girl, Daniela, had spina bifida, a condition where the spine doesn't ...

A baby underwent surgery in the womb for spina bifida, and since being born six weeks ago, the child is healthy and developing well, according to a statement from the Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

For most parents-to-be, the lead up to a child's birth typically involves choosing a birth plan and getting the nursery ready for baby. They might celebrate with friends and family and anticipate ...

LOS ANGELES — Gilda Giron was 13 weeks pregnant and barely showing when she started to worry. Something wasn’t right with her ultrasound image. At 16 weeks, Gilda and her husband, Arnuf, received the ...

DETROIT — Kasey Hilton rested on the exam table with chilly ultrasound goo slathered on her belly, husband Mike sitting on the hard chair beside her. They waited for the word. Boy or girl? There were ...

In a UK first, a team of international surgeons successfully operated on the abnormally developed spines of two unborn babies with spina bifida. Until now, British mothers had to choose between ...

Tobi Maginnis, one of the first babies to have a combination of stem cells and surgery while in the womb to treat his spina bifida. (Amy Quinton/UC Davis) Both humans and dogs are susceptible to spina ...

This was the moment this little girl’s birth defect was operated on, weeks before she was even born. The little girl, born happy and healthy via cesarean section on June 3, has spina bifida. As a ...