A tech entrepreneur turned “biohacker” diagnosed with an incurable disease claims that he cloned himself as a newborn baby ...

In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), gains in child survival reveal an important reality: birth defects account for a growing share of deaths among children younger than 5 years and ...

The findings have direct implications for clinical practice and future research. For genetic screening, the study provides a ...

A rare condition threatened Baby KJ's life. A team of medical researchers stepped forward with a first-of-its-kind genetic ...

Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this disorder is having only one functional copy of the ...

Longeveron Inc. (NASDAQ: LGVN) a clinical stage biotechnology company developing cellular therapy for life-threatening, rare pediatric and chronic aging-related conditions, today announced that ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality last week cut dozens of grants, affecting multiple programs at Penn and CHOP. ...

Background Women with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) are at risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, which ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly, with lifelong implications as survival into adulthood ...

Children whose mothers were born with a heart defect are more likely to fall behind in their first year of school, a large new study has found. About one in four of these children lagged in two or ...

The children of mothers born with heart defects face a higher risk of being developmentally vulnerable, meaning they face challenges related to physical health, emotional maturity and communication, ...

We aimed to quantify the risk of developmental difficulties at school entry among children with congenital heart defects (CHD), considering CHD severity. Elevated risks are established for children ...