A Phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery before birth is a safe and promising approach to treat myelomeningocele, a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orlando Health has been helping mothers and their unborn babies for five years with its in-utero surgery. On Mother's Day weekend, ...
Building upon the success of the first in utero brain surgery for vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) reported in 2023, new data published in JAMA provides further evidence for the potential use of ...
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus's vital signs while still in the uterus—a feat that previously had not been possible. The soft, ...
Lainey Ramos Arango is now snuggling her healthy five-week-old baby boy, Lucas. This precious time is all thanks to the doctors at Jackson Health System who saved the baby’s life by performing the ...
In a first-of-its-kind in utero surgery, researchers have successfully repaired a cerebrovascular malformation, which often leads to heart failure, severe brain injury, or possibly death soon after ...
SALT LAKE CITY — When Angela Ibarra-Garcia went in for her 20-week ultrasound, she expected a routine checkup. Instead, she learned her baby girl, Daniela, had spina bifida, a condition where the ...
The concept of fetal surgery captures the imagination when, from time to time, it makes the headlines. Few pregnant mothers will need the assistance of fetal medicine specialists; fewer still will ...
Researchers from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus’s vital signs while still in the ...