Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is a common congenital malformation affecting approximately 2 per 1000 newborns worldwide (Murray, 2002) and causing a major psychosocial and economic burden for the ...

Researchers have uncovered another clue behind the causes of cleft palate and the process that leads to palate formation. Researchers at the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry have ...

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a new mechanism that explains why a certain gene mutation causes craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS), a disorder that causes cleft palate and ...

Pioneering research that could lead to a breakthrough in understanding the causes of cleft palate in newborn babies has begun in Manchester. Dr Jill Dixon, in The University of Manchester's School of ...

Experts at the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry claim to have identified an alternate pathway the leads to palate development. An alternate pathway the leads to palate development ...

Cleft palate has been linked to dozens of genes. During their investigation of one of these genes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were surprised to find that ...

UCSF’s Program in Craniofacial Biology (PCB) brings together researchers to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying craniofacial development and birth defects, such as cleft lip and ...

Scientists have found a novel mechanism that explains why a certain gene mutation results in craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS), which causes cleft palate and other malformations. Scientists have found ...