HOPE FOR A CURE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS

Wednesday September 10, 1997

HOPE FOR A CURE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS

LEEDS (LSN) - English scientists said on Tuesday that they are getting closer to discovering the causes of some of the most common birth defects. The research has produced a new vitamin "insistol", which could prevent spina bifida in newborns, for the 30 percent of women for whom folic acid is ineffective.

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