Quails are small, plump birds that scurry through grasslands on foot rather than take to the skies. Unexpectedly, studying these ground-dwellers has helped scientists uncover clues about a type of ...

How did your heart form? What triggered your first heartbeat? To this day, the mechanisms of human heart development remain elusive. Researchers know the heart is the first organ to fully function in ...

Nonsense-mediated RNA decay, or NMD, is an evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanism in which potentially defective messenger RNAs, or mRNAs (genetic material that instructs the body on how to make ...

Neural tube defects, such as Spina bifida, are one of the leading congenital disorders (affecting about one in 1,000 live births worldwide) and are associated with the junctional neurulation. Though ...

Every year in Nigeria, nearly 11,000 babies are born with severe birth defects that experts say could largely be prevented. Millions more children suffer impaired brain development, while countless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges ...