News tagged with cleft lip
Cleft lip and palate: Genes more important than thought?
Comparing 500,000 snippets of human DNA put scientists from the University of Bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosome 8 occurs with significantly higher frequency in people with cleft lip and palate than ...
Mar 08, 2009 |
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Time of conception linked to birth defects in United States
A study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Pædiatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer. The researchers also f ...
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Chemical C8 not associated with birth defects or pregnancy complications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues, and published in Reproductive Toxicology, found that maternal exposure to C8, a chemical used in the ma ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Novel genes associated with risk for oral cleft malformation identified
An international consortium of scientists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has identified two genes that when altered are closely associated with cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate are ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Discovery of facial malformation gene
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first specific genetic mutation which can cause a potentially serious facial disfigurement has been identified by researchers at Oxford University. The finding, published online in the ...
May 15, 2009 |
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