Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

Human lips play numerous roles, from assisting in speech and eating to signaling emotions and health. However, the skin on our lips has a distinct structure and function compared to other skin on the ...

Could they design 3D models with them to heal infections ... focuses on the “genetic and cellular pathways involved in cleft ...

Degen’s work primarily focuses on the “genetic and cellular pathways involved in cleft lip and palate,” as ... skin care, wound healing, tissue engineering, and craniofacial anomalies.” ...

Amukelani, born with a cleft lip, is among 18 children receiving corrective surgery during Smile Week thanks to donors.

For instance, the researchers scratched samples to check whether the cells could work for wound healing ... systems or cleft lips. The infection invaded the model as it would real lip tissue.

First, to see if the cells could act as accurate proxies for wound healing, they scratched samples of the cells ... “Our laboratory focuses on obtaining a better knowledge of the genetic and cellular ...

“Although it took us a while to get used to his new smile after his cleft lip surgery last year, he has healed well, and we are so happy with the outcome. He is starting to speak, and so the impact of ...

First, to see if the cells could act as accurate proxies for wound healing, they scratched samples ... and cellular pathways involved in cleft lip and palate," said Degen. "However, we are ...