{"id":64764,"date":"2017-10-26T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=64764"},"modified":"2017-10-27T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T22:34:14","slug":"a-must-not-miss-science-times-article-to-mend-a-birth-defect-surgeons-operate-on-the-patient-within-the-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=64764","title":{"rendered":"A Must Not Miss Science Times Article–To Mend a Birth Defect, Surgeons Operate on the Patient Within the Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"

The patient, still inside his mother\u2019s womb, came into focus on flat screens in a darkened operating room. Fingers, toes, the soles of his feet \u2014 all exquisite, all perfectly formed.<\/p>\n

But not so his lower back. Smooth skin gave way to an opening that should not have been there, a bare oval exposing a white rim of bone and the nerves of the spinal cord.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right, it\u2019s the real deal,\u201d said Dr. Michael A. Belfort, the chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine and obstetrician and gynecologist-in-chief of Texas Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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To Mend a Birth Defect, Surgeons Operate on the Patient Within the Patient #life<\/a> #baby<\/a> #medicine<\/a> #technology<\/a> 3\/3 https:\/\/t.co\/taJiUSjeQ5<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) October 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n