Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Neural Tube Defects

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Study Using OGM in Neural Tube Defects Reveals Previously Unreported Variants and Candidate Genes with Potential Links to the Devastating Birth Defect

SAN DIEGO, and GREENWOOD, S.C., March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) and Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) today announced a publication in Genome Research describing ...
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Reducing the Risk of a Diabetes-linked Birth Defect

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube defects, a problem commonly found in infants of pregnant women with diabetes. This is the first time the gene ...
Medscape

Knowing Importance of Prenatal Folic Acid May Affect Neural Tube Defect Incidence

January 11, 2008 — Knowledge of the importance of taking folic acid prenatally may be linked to incidence of infant neural tube defects, according to the results of a survey reported in the January 11 ...
Live Science

Strange purple lump on infant's head is rare case of protruding brain tissue, case report says

The cause of the boy's lump is unknown, although doctors suspect it could be an unusual symptom of a neural tube defect. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
NPR

How corn masa could help lower birth defect risks among Hispanic people

The CDC is urging manufacturers of a type of flour used to make foods like tortillas and tamales to add folic acid to help lower the risk of some birth defects in the Hispanic population. The Centers ...