Most cleft lips are repaired at about four months ... how people perceive us comes from our face and lower portions of that face. It really does play a big part. For these kids, the change that ...

Cleft lips are usually diagnosed during the 20 week ... The soft palate (the roof of the mouth towards the back), plays a big part in our ability to make sounds, Catrina explains.

Scientists have successfully immortalized lip cells, creating a clinically relevant lab model that enables testing of new ...

[Courtesy] Children born with cleft lip and palate face difficulties while suckling, and this is heartbreaking for mothers. Sylvia Krian, a mother of a three-month-old who was born with a cleft ...

Researchers at the University of Bern made a big leap in lip research by successfully immortalizing lip cells from healthy ...

Researchers have developed a continuously replicating model of lip cells from donated lip tissue. These indefinitely growing ...

The analysis included 5,927 children who underwent reconstructive surgery for cleft lip (without cleft palate repair) between 2006 and 2012. Data were drawn from the nationwide Kids' Inpatient ...

The birth of a child with a cleft lip or palate, or both, can be very upsetting, especially as not all families can afford the high treatment costs. Now, Swiss researchers have developed a low ...