children's health /newsroom/ en Genetics, not lack of oxygen, causes cerebral palsy in quarter of cases /newsroom/news/list/2024/05/01/genetics-not-lack-of-oxygen-causes-cerebral-palsy-in-quarter-of-cases The world’s largest study of cerebral palsy (CP) genetics has discovered genetic defects are most likely responsible for more than a quarter of cases in Chinese children, rather than a lack of oxygen at birth as previously thought. May 03 2024 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2024/05/01/genetics-not-lack-of-oxygen-causes-cerebral-palsy-in-quarter-of-cases