Scientists have identified two genetic risk factors for the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis, a birth defect in which the bony plates of an infant's skull prematurely fuse.

The skull recovered first, and designated as Skull I of Locus L (Fig. 1), is the largest, with a cranial capacity of approximately 1,200 c.c. and with its coronal and sagittal sutures partly fused.

Also called sagittal craniosynostosis, scaphocephaly is the premature fusion of the sagittal suture, which runs front to back and down the middle of the top of the head. Scaphocephaly makes the ...

T reatments available to repair damage to the skull as a result of trauma, surgery, or congenital anomalies are limited and sometimes involve risks. A study recently published in PNAS (1) offers an ...

With $300,000 in support from a foundation that champions cutting-edge medical research, a biomedical engineer at UC Davis will start work this month on developing a new treatment for infants born ...

A newborn with the condition has a misshapen skull because one or more sutures closed too soon. My son was born with sagittal craniosynostosis, the most common and easiest to correct type.

Look for the sagittal suture – the squiggly line that runs the length of the skull – and note whether is it's completely fused. If it is, the remains are likely to be of someone older than 35.

SCIO, Ore. Olivia Prescott had a head shaped like a boat, protruding in the front and the back. A ridge ran through the center of her skull, like a dinosaur, her parents joked. Her temples pinched in ...

With support from a foundation that champions cutting-edge medical research, a biomedical engineer at UC Davis will start work this month on developing a new treatment for infants born with disorders ...

Craniosynostosis can also be categorized by the affected suture: Sagittal craniosynostosis. ... This imaging test can show whether any of the sutures in the baby’s skull have fused.

It turned out Albie has Sagittal Craniosynostosis - a rare condition affecting just one in 2,500 births. Newborn babies have flexible material called sutures that hold parts of their skull together.