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Congenital Vertebral Defects
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
The spinal column is the central structure in the vertebrate body from which stability, movement, and posture all derive. The vertebrae of the spine…
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesReproductionVertebratesCongenital Disorders
"Human Toxoplasmosis: Occurrence in Infants as an Encephalomyelitis Verification of Transmission to Animals" (1939), by Abner Wolf et al.
By: Jesse Potestas
| Published: Jun 11, 2015
In a series of experiments during mid 1930s, a team of researchers in New York helped establish that bacteria of the species Toxoplasma gondii can…
ToxoplasmosisColumbia UniversityCongenital ToxoplasmosisEncephalomyelitisInfection
Weber v. Stony Brook Hospital (1983)
By: Jack Resnik
| Published: Apr 25, 2011
The New York Court of Appeals' 1983 case Weber v. Stony Brook set an important precedent upholding the right of parents to make medical decisions for…
LawCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesReproductionCongenital DisordersGovernment
United States v. University Hospital (1984)
By: Jack Resnik
| Published: May 11, 2011
The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals' 1984 decision United States v. University Hospital, State University Hospital of New York at Stony Brook set a…
LawCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesReproductionCongenital Disorders
The Baby Doe Rules (1984)
By: Jack Resnik
| Published: May 12, 2011
The Baby Doe Rules represent the first attempt by the US government to directly intervene in treatment options for neonates born with congenital…
LawCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesReproductionCongenital Disorders
Diprosopus (Craniofacial Duplication)
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Aug 16, 2011
Diprosopus is a congenital defect also known as craniofacial duplication. The exact description of diprosopus refers to a fetus with a single trunk,…
Craniofacial AbnormalitiesReproductionFetusCongenital Disorders
Smith v. Cote (1986)
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Mar 24, 2011
The case of Smith v. Cote (1986) answered two important questions concerning law and childbirth: does the State of New Hampshire recognize a cause of…
LawCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesCongenital DisordersAbortion
Bowen v. American Hospital Association (1986)
By: Jack Resnik
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
The 1986 US Supreme Court decision Bowen v. American Hospital Association rejected the federal government's use of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…
LawReproductionCongenital DisordersGovernment
VACTERL Association
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Oct 29, 2010
VACTERL association is a term applied to a specific group of abnormalities involving structures derived from the mesoderm. Although the defects of…
VATER syndromeVACTERL associationCongenital Disorders
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Gene
By: Kristina Winikates
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene was identified in 1989 by geneticist Lap-Chee Tsui and his research team as the…
Cystic FibrosisReproductionCongenital DisordersHuman Development