An organoid-based screening platform that allows one-gene-at-a-time knockdown across a whole tissue has been used to identify the genes that regulate closure of the neural tube in humans.

A folic acid supplement is recommended during pregnancy and prior to conception because it reduces the risk of neural tube defects in babies. Social media posts have claimed that people should avoid ...

A multi-institutional research team has developed a novel folic acid-resistant neural tube defect mouse model of the human condition by silencing the Slc25a32 gene, and, in most of the mutant mice, ...

More than 3 million women of birthing age in the U.S. and 60 million in the world have diabetes—a disease that occurs when blood sugar is too high. Even when controlled with insulin, and blood sugar ...

On culturing fragments of neural tube of Hamilton and Hamburger (H & H) Stage 10 chick embryos, large multipolar neurons developed. The aim of this investigation was to determine whether these neurons ...

Human pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks. It can last anytime between 36 and 42 weeks after fertilization and still be considered a normal timeframe. An egg becomes fertilized when a sperm ...

Lucknow: A one-rupee folic acid pill taken before conception can prevent up to 80% of severe neural tube defects (NTDs) like spina bifida in infants, .