CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) and the Cleft Palate Foundation (CPF), two nonprofit organizations dedicated to the treatment ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance. Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and ...

When Alicia Simatos saw a picture of Sophie posted by the local Humane Society, she knew she had to find a way to bring home this little dog who had lingered in shelters for months. But it wasn't just ...

Scientists studying birth defects in humans and purebred dogs have identified an association between cleft lip and cleft palate and a mutation in the ADAMTS20 gene. Their findings were presented at ...

Katelyn Kotlarek, an assistant professor with the University of Wyoming’s Division of Communication Disorders, has received an R21 research grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other ...

William & Mary sophomore Claire Crawford, born with a cleft lip, vividly recalls the eighth corrective surgery she had to undergo as a child. After a long and painful operation, Crawford, 12 years old ...

As a Beijing charity hospital faces closure, cleft lip and palate patients and their relatives are sharing their stories to ...

Chelsea Sommer wants every child born with cleft palate to receive the care they deserve. The bilingual speech-language pathologist knows it can be challenging to obtain treatment for this complex ...

NORWOOD, Mass., Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Smile Foundation (GSF) is expanding access to postoperative cleft care for underserved patients worldwide by deploying AI-enabled follow-up across ...

Leading scientists have identified an important gene that is associated with cleft lip and palate. Experts say the discovery is a step closer to understanding how this birth defect arises, and will ...