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 ...

A photo of baby Sutton has garnered more than 728,000 likes so far. When photographer Shannon Morton shared a baby photo to her business's Facebook page, she had no idea that it would go viral. "It ...

WHITTIER – A renowned plastic surgeon is providing his expertise in a remote part of the world. Dr. Alexander Sinclair, a surgeon who has offices in Whittier and Beverly Hills, will travel more than 7 ...

For every 700 babies born in India, one of them is born with a cleft lip and/or palate. Annually, this translates to more than 35,000+ cleft births in the country. Despite being treatable and ...

University of Iowa researchers conducted a study using frogs and fish to identify certain human genes are associated with causing cleft lip and/or palate when deleted. Clefting is a malformation in ...

It's estimated that every three minutes, somewhere in the world a baby is born with a cleft lip or palate, making it one of the most common birth defects. Eighteen-year-old Emma Johnston was born with ...

Like mechanics fixing a faulty engine, an expert says researchers will not be able to remedy problems related to IRF6, a gene implicated in cleft palate, until they better understand how the gene ...

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a new mechanism that explains why a certain gene mutation causes craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS), a disorder that causes cleft palate and ...

A WOMAN who was born with a cleft palate has hit back at cruel trolls who labelled her “Voldermort” and called her “flat nose.” Heidi Salt, who is 20 and lives in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ...

Over the last 20 years, cleft lip and palate awareness has grown, spurred in part by TV commercials from the nonprofit Smile Train, which bills itself as "the world's largest cleft charity," and ...