Expert discusses birth defects, their causes, and preventionthe importance of pre-pregnancy counselling, folic acid, ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects, but the full extent of its genetic underpinnings has ...

Scientists make a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic causes of spina bifida, a serious birth defect ...

As one of the world’s first fetal surgeons, Diana Farmer has long been focused on the smallest of patients.She specializes in ...

Discovery of novel NTD candidate genes and expansion of clinical implications of others, with identification of four genes – RMND5A, HNRNPC, FOXD4, and RBBP4 – having strong potential involvement in ...

A new comprehensive hereditary cancer solution offers genetic counseling and multigene panels to enhance early detection of disease's like brain cancer.

When pregnant patients and their families receive a prenatal diagnosis of a congenital heart defect (CHD), it sparks ...

Domestic researchers in a world first have identified the causes of congenital spina bifida, a birth defect that causes ...

Bionano Genomics (BNGO) and Greenwood Genetic Center announced a publication in Genome Research describing the first study to use optical ...

New research from South Korea suggests that babies born with heart problems may have a higher chance of developing cancer ...

NTDs are the most common birth defect of the central nervous system and some of the most devastating congenital conditions. Despite an expected genetic link in as many as 60-70% of cases ...