July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...

“If there's a cleft lip diagnosed, then the family will be assigned a specialist NHS cleft nurse very early on to explain their child’s condition, discuss treatment and answer any questions ...

July is cleft and craniofacial awareness month. This specifically relates to cleft lips and palates. According to state medical experts, a cleft lip is an opening in the upper lip, and a cleft ...

The team took skin cells from tissue donated by two patients: one who was undergoing treatment for a lip injury and one who was being treated for a cleft lip. Using a retroviral vector (a modified ...

one undergoing treatment for a lip laceration, and one undergoing treatment for a cleft lip. The scientists used a retroviral vector to deactivate a gene which stops a cell's life cycle and to ...