Biologists have discovered that disruptions in transfer RNA function can lead to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate.

A molecular mechanism where impaired tRNA splicing disrupts cranial neural crest cells, revealing MYCN, DDX1, and tRNA ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, occurring in about one in 1,050 births in the United ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/CP) are the most commonly occurring craniofacial birth defects. Although some CL/CPs are detected on prenatal ultrasound, the majority are immediately recognized in ...

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 ...

Researchers have found a gene that causes cleft lip and palate in mice, according to a paper in the April 26 PNAS. The finding also suggests a causal link between smoking and cleft lip and palate in ...

Neda Tahmasebifard, an assistant professor in the speech and language pathology department at Saint Mary’s College, researches the cleft lip and palate condition.

Each year around 1000 children are born with cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom. Many require long term multi-disciplinary care. Twenty years ago, children with cleft lip and/or palate were ...

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 ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Cleft lip and cleft palate ... leads to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate. Their findings suggest that the variant diminishes cells’ supply of transfer RNA, a ...