This is certainly good news for all women of childbearing age.
There is currently a new study which states that fetal surgery could possibly be done to treat, Spina Bifida, the most common form of birth defect and could offer hope for treating other birth defects.
See article in RedOrbit
From the article:
“Spina bifida is the most common birth defect of the central nervous system, affecting about 1,500 babies born each year in the United States”.
"This is the first time in history that we can offer real hope to parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis of spina bifida," said N. Scott Adzick, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, director of Children's Hospital's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, and lead author of a federally sponsored study reporting results of a clinical trial of fetal surgery for myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida. Adzick, who led a team at CHOP that pioneered fetal surgeries for this condition and set the stage for this clinical trial, added, "This is not a cure, but this trial demonstrates scientifically that we can now offer fetal surgery as a standard of care for spina bifida."
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