News At The Craniofacial Center Collaboratory

Research related to craniofacial anomalies is ongoing and everchanging. The links below serve to keep people informed about the latest research along with other news related to the Craniofacial Center Collaboratory.

• UI Team Closes in on Cleft Lip Gene
• Mutated gene identified
• Key gene in cleft lip traced
• MEDLINEplus-Cleft and Lip Palate News
• BBC News Press Release
• Mutations in IRF6 cause Van der Woude and popliteal pterygium syndromes   (Note: this is a large file)
• Learn more about Van der Woude Syndrome

• Gene/environment causes of cleft lip and/or palate  

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• Craniofacial Research Center
  University of Iowa
  140 Eckstein Medical Research Building
  Iowa City, IA 52242-1101
  Toll Free: 866-520-8982
  http://craniofacialcenter.uiowa.edu

• Regional Genetic Consultation Service
  Division of Medical Genetics
  200 Hawkins Drive
  Iowa City, IA 52242-1083
  (319) 356-2674
  Toll Free: 800-260-2065

• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
  Cleft Palate Foundation
  104 South Estes Drive Suiete 204
  Chapel Hill, NC 27514
  Tel: 919-933-9044
  Toll Free: 800-242-5338
  Fax:919-933-9604
  E-mail: cleftline@aol.com
  www.cleftline.org

• Gene Clinics
  www.geneclinics.org

• Gene Test
  www.genetests.org

• National Organization for Rare Diseases, Inc.
  (NORD)
  P.O. Box 8923
  New Fairfield, CT 06812-8923
  Tel: 203-746-6518
  Toll Free: 800-999-6673
  Fax: 203-746-6481
  E-mail: orphan@rarediseases.org

• Online Mendelian Inheritance of Man (OMIM)
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/

• National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc
  Genetic Counseling and You

• March of Dimes
  Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate

• Wide Smiles
  www.widesmiles.org