Pregnancy complications are top-of-mind for many after Kourtney Kardashian revealed she underwent "urgent fetal surgery" that lead to her husband, Travis Barker, halting his band's tour. The reality ...

In the fall, Kourtney Kardashian Barker, then pregnant with her and rocker husband Travis Barker's first child together, announced that she had undergone "urgent fetal surgery" and credited doctors ...

A first-in-human trial shows the feasibility and safety of delivering placenta-derived stem cells during prenatal ...

UC Davis researchers performed the world's first in-utero stem cell therapy for spina bifida. All six babies were born ...

Kourtney Kardashian is reflecting on the traumatic experience of undergoing emergency surgery to save her baby's life. During the Season 5 premiere of "The Kardashians," Kardashian, 45, shared new ...

The Lemme founder underwent fetal surgery when she was pregnant with her fourth baby, son Rocky Thirteen Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Hulu Kourtney Kardashian Barker is sharing a closer look at her ...

Spina bifida, a spinal cord defect, affects about 1,500 U.S. pregnancies each year. Just this year, surgery to correct this birth defect while the... A Prenatal Surgery For Spina Bifida Comes Of Age ...

Repair of open neural tube defects, including myelomeningocele, in the fetus has been shown to improve postnatal outcomes by decreasing the severity of hydrocephalus and, consequentially, reducing the ...

For some families, the joy of a new baby comes with unexpected challenges: About 3% of US newborns — roughly 1 in 33 — have a birth defect each year. While it might seem scary, the good news is that ...

A Phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery ...

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 ...