Flour could be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in Ireland

Flour could be required to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in Ireland, under a proposal being considered ...
Irish Medical Times

Public views sought on folic acid in flour

Rate of neural tube defects in Ireland higher than European average, with mandatory folic acid fortification of flour proven ...
eLife

Arrayed single-gene perturbations identify drivers of human anterior neural tube closure

A method for arrayed CRISPRi screening in organoids enables the investigation of morphogenesis in human stem cell-derived tissues, revealing the roles of ZIC2, SOX11, and ZNF521 in neural tube closure ...

Study unveils new genetic screen for understanding human development

A new genetic screening method allows researchers to efficiently modulate individual genes across entire tissues and provides ...
Medical Xpress

The interaction of endorepellin and neurexin triggers neuroepithelial autophagy and maintains neural tube development

Neural tube defects (NTDs) rank as the second most prevalent congenital malformation in humans, impacting the central nervous system development in approximately 1 in every 1,000 live births. Over 300 ...