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

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

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

Heart defects are the most common type of birth defect in the U.S. In North America ... that may be responsible for this link ...

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 ...

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

Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, compared to those without a ...

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 ...

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

Newborns with congenital heart defects may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer compared to children born ...

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal ...