Cleft Lip and Palate

News Releases and Articles

• Rethinking Isolated Cleft Palate (July 2008)
• GWAS Study Looks into Clefting, Dental Conditions (May 2008)
• Molecular Targeting Reverses Craniofacial Defects in Mice (April 2008) 
• Researchers Report Chemical Rescue of Cleft Palate in Mice (May 2007)
• More Mutations Contribute to Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate (April 2007)
• Researchers Seek Subphenotypes for Oral Clefts (October 2007)
• Scientists Discover How Maternal Smoking Can Cause Cleft Lip and Palate (January 2007)
• Gene Offers New Lead in Cleft Lip and Palate Research (September 2006)
• Does A Parent's Age Increase Risk of Conceiving Child With Oral Clefts? (May 2005)  
• Advance in Genetics of Cleft Lip and Palate (April 2005) 
• Researchers Report New Gene Test for Isolated Cleft Lip and Palate (August 2004)
• Scientists Identify Key Gene Involved in Cleft Lip and Palate (October 2002)
• Cleft Lip and Palate: Van der Woude Syndrome (October 2002)

Statistics

• Cleft Lip and Palate Statistics
  Latest statistics on the prevalence of cleft lip and palate
  
  
  

Other Government Information

• MedlinePlus: Cleft Lip and Palate
  The National Library of Medicine's compilation of links to government, professional and non-profit/voluntary organizations with information on cleft lip and palate.