It can be difficult for any parent to hear that their new or soon-to-be-born baby has a cleft lip, cleft palate, or other skull or facial anomaly. While these are among the most common birth anomalies ...

The prognosis for infants born with oral clefts in the absence of any other congenital anomalies largely depends on the type of cleft, according to a population-based cohort study conducted among ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal development, can result in babies with facial differences such as a cleft lip or ...

Babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, or both, will face some additional challenges in the early years of their lives, and so will their parents. Babies with clefts need to have surgery, learn ...

Biologists have discovered that disruptions in transfer RNA function can lead to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, ...

John Blankenship will have another surgery next summer to close the hole in the roof of his mouth. His family is so grateful ...