Cleft palate gene mutations linked to spina bifida
Saturday, January 26, 2019 - 10:10
in Health & Medicine
Michigan State University and Children’s National Health System researchers are the first to link mutations in a gene known as “interferon regulatory factor 6,” or IRF6, which cause cleft palates, to spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Spina bifida, which affects up to 2,000 infants per year, is one of the most common birth […]