A new study, led by University College London (UCL) and published in Nature Communications, has revealed for the first time how genetic and environmental factors come together to form cleft lip or ...

Despite the high incidence rate of cleft palate, the underlying factors that contribute to the complex etiology and pathogenesis of cleft palate remain poorly understood. Murine models of cleft palate ...

In 2011, Jeremy Shipp and his wife welcomed their son Henry, who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Navigating their child through surgeries to repair the split in his upper lip and the roof ...

Lauren Onishi wants others to realize clefts are more than a cosmetic concern. Over the last 20 years, cleft lip and palate awareness has grown, spurred in part by TV commercials from the nonprofit ...

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 ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. –– July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, and one young girl in Janesville wants others to know you can overcome a condition like Cleft lip and thrive. 8-year-old Victoria ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach family is celebrating their son’s new smile thanks to a therapy now being offered at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters to repair cleft lip and palate.

When a nation is spread over 7,641 islands and a set of parents abandon a child because of a cleft lip, getting surgery to repair the lip seems impossible unless there’s a big sister involved to get ...