A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants, researcher report. A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be ...

Plastic surgery procedures performed to correct cleft lip and palate deformities in infants and children are economically undervalued, relative to pediatric craniofacial procedures, concludes an ...

For children with cleft palate, corrective treatment typically requires years of complex surgical operations for most of their childhood. But a relatively new surgical strategy developed at University ...

Umbilical cord stem cells could be a new option for closure of cleft palate in infants, finds a new study. New technique uses umbilical cord blood stem cells for repair of cleft palate in babies, ...

Craniofacial bone defects can be reconstructed using fat (adipose tissue) or protein matrix. Collagen soaked RhBMP-2 is a protein powder which is used to promote bone growth by inducing osteoblastic ...