Repair of open neural tube defects, including myelomeningocele, in the fetus has been shown to improve postnatal outcomes by decreasing the severity of hydrocephalus and, consequentially, reducing the ...

Researchers from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus’s vital signs while still in the ...

A hair-thin, soft robotic probe inserted through existing surgical ports to continuously track multiple fetal vitals in real time. Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus’s vital signs while still in the uterus — a feat that previously has not been possible. The soft ...