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Michael R. Harrison (1943– )
By: Risa Aria Schnebly, Brianna Ellis
| Published: Aug 04, 2021
Michael R. Harrison worked as a pediatric surgeon in the US throughout the late-twentieth century and performed many fetal surgeries, including one…
Birth DefectsAbnormalities, HumanPediatric surgeonsMyelomeningoceleSpinal Dysraphism
“Fetal Surgery” (1996), by Michael R. Harrison
By: Brianna Ellis
| Published: Jul 28, 2021
In 1996, Michael R. Harrison published “Fetal Surgery” in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the article, Harrison describes the…
LiteratureFetus--SurgeryObstetrics--SurgeryFetus--Abnormalities--TreatmentFetal heart--Abnormalities--Diagnosis
Management of Myelomeningocele Study Clinical Trial (2003–2010)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
From February 2003 to December 2010, researchers of the Management of Myelomeningocele Study, or MOMS, clinical trial compared the safety and…
MeningomyeloceleSpina Bifida CysticaSpina BifidaNewborn infants--SurgeryHydrocephalus
The China-US Study on the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects using Folic Acid (1999)
By: Dorothy Regan Haskett, Lauren Lynch
| Published: Oct 11, 2017
From 1993 to 1995 researchers led by Robert J. Berry from the US Centers for Disease Control headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and Zhu Li from…
Center for Disease ControlFolic AcidFolic Acid DeficiencyFolic acid in human nutritionNeural tube--Abnormalities
Twice Born–Stories from the Special Delivery Unit (2015), by the Public Broadcasting Service and Trailblazer Studios
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Oct 05, 2017
In 2015, the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS, released a three-part documentary series, Twice Born–Stories from the Special Delivery Unit,…
LiteratureFetus--SurgerySpina BifidaTeratomaObstetrics--Surgery
Endoscopic Fetoscopy
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
Endoscopic fetoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure performed during pregnancy that allows physicians to view the fetus in-utero.…
TechnologyEndoscopyFetoscopyPrenatal DiagnosisTay-Sachs Disease
My Father, My Son (1986), by Elmo Zumwalt, Jr., Elmo Zumwalt III, and John Pekkanen
By: Ceci Chou
| Published: Jun 16, 2017
My Father, My Son is a dual autobiography by father and son Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr. and Elmo Russell Zumwalt III published by Macmillan Publishing…
LiteratureAgent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaOperation Ranch Hand, 1962-1971
"Health Status of Vietnam Veterans III. Reproductive Outcomes and Child Health" (1988), by the US Centers for Disease Control
By: Cecilia Chou
| Published: Apr 13, 2017
In 1988, the US Centers for Disease Control published 'Health Status of Vietnam Veterans III. Reproductive Outcomes and Child Health,' which…
LiteratureAgent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaVeterans Administration
Agent Orange as a Cause of Spina Bifida
By: Cecilia Chou
| Published: Mar 09, 2017
Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spines of developing fetuses and infants, and research in the 20th century indicated that chemicals…
Agent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaNeural tube--AbnormalitiesSpinal cord--Abnormalities
Agent Orange Birth Defects
By: Cecilia Chou, Jesse King
| Published: Mar 07, 2017
Sprayed extensively by the US military in Vietnam, Agent Orange contained a dioxin contaminant later found to be toxic to humans. Despite reports by…
Agent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaNeural tube--AbnormalitiesSpinal cord--Abnormalities