EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Laryngeal cleft is a rare and often undiagnosed birth defect that affects roughly one in every 10,000 to 20,000 babies. Melissa and Sean Alves have not one, but two ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

This image shows densely accumulated dendritic spines. Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic “hotspot” that forms during adolescence, challenging the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — One Oklahoma family is counting their Christmas blessings this holiday. Earlier this year, their son was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate. They have invited News 4’s Ali ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — UNLV has opened the only purpose-built clinical facility in Nevada dedicated to caring for patients with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial and dental conditions. About ...

The image taken at the CFcryo-EM (Core Facility for cryo-Electron Microscopy) captures the moment during which a vesicle (arrow) fuses with the cell membrane. By superimposing several electron ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors, which, in early fetal development, can result in babies with facial differences such as a cleft lip or ...

Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders, affecting millions of people worldwide. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, new research from the ...

A video of an owner helping a puppy with a cleft palate feel "normal" brought the internet to tears. Kaya's dog recently welcomed a litter of nine puppies, but difficulty struck when one of the pups, ...