spina bifida Content / spina bifida Content for UC 海角原创 en 鈥楿nfold鈥�: Stem Cells and Surgery Used in Spina Bifida Trial for Humans /health/news/unfold-treating-spina-bifida-humans-with-stem-cells-surgery <p class="MsoNormal">Both humans and dogs are susceptible to spina bifida, a spinal birth defect that can lead to paralysis. In Part 2 of our new season of <em>Unfold</em>, we examine the first human clinical trial using stem cells and surgery to treat the condition.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You鈥檒l meet one of the couples taking part in the clinical trial. They dropped everything and moved from Oregon to Sacramento in the hope that the stem cell and fetal surgery treatment would allow their child to walk.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hear their extraordinary journey here:</p> October 11, 2022 - 1:15pm Dave Jones /health/news/unfold-treating-spina-bifida-humans-with-stem-cells-surgery 鈥楿nfold鈥� Podcast Launches Season 4 Focused on Health /health/news/unfold-podcast-launches-season-4-focused-health Unfold, a UC 海角原创 podcast, launches its fourth season. Its first episode focuses on treating spina bifida in bulldogs. October 04, 2022 - 11:00am Amy M Quinton /health/news/unfold-podcast-launches-season-4-focused-health THE DOWNLOAD: Fetal Surgery, Alumna Spotlight, Miss Idaho /news/download-fetal-surgery <p>Estella Mendoza of Dixon was 15 weeks pregnant in September 2016 when a routine blood test and an ultrasound examination detected a serious abnormality: Her fetus had myelomeningocele, a form of spina bifida.</p> <p>Later that year, Mendoza's baby, Alexander, became the first patient at UC 海角原创 Children's Hospital to undergo potentially life-changing open-fetal surgery for spina bifida.</p> February 26, 2019 - 11:55am Cody Kitaura /news/download-fetal-surgery Stem Cell Treatment for Children With Spina Bifida Helps Dogs First /curiosity/news/stem-cell-treatment-children-spina-bifida-helps-dogs-first <p>A pair of English bulldog puppies are the first patients to be successfully treated with a unique therapy 鈥� a combination of surgery and stem cells 鈥� developed at the University of California, 海角原创, to help preserve lower-limb function in children with spina bifida.</p> <p><em>(Editor鈥檚&nbsp;note: <a href="https://ucdavis.box.com/s/o67j9jo9weacuqt2kz5i3y2ditsxlcfn">Photos and b-roll available.</a>)&nbsp;</em></p> August 24, 2017 - 11:01am Katherine E Kerlin /curiosity/news/stem-cell-treatment-children-spina-bifida-helps-dogs-first