Functional Genomics

Researchers Discover Gene For Common Form of Cleft Lip, Palate

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, October 11th, 2001

A major genetic discovery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center may lead eventually to the prevention of cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/P). Scientists at the CU-Colorado Health Sciences Center have pinpointed a gene involved in the most common form of CL/P.

In an article published in the October 2001 issue of Nature Genetics, the researchers show a link between a mutation of a specific gene and the occurrence of CL/P. CL/P is one of the most frequently occurring of all birth defects, appearing in about one in every 500 births.

Working with collaborators in California and Venezuela, Richard Spritz, MD, director of the Human...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2001-10-11)

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