Researching the Cause of Clefting in the Congo
June 23, 2011
Operation Smile continues to focus on conducting innovative research to better understand clefting and identify its causes in order to prevent or diminish the incidence of cleft lip and cleft palate.
One of Operation Smile’s latest efforts in the research front is the current “Maternal Exposures, Genetic Susceptibility and Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Oral Clefts” project , which just took place in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Operation Smile’s Research and Outcomes Specialists collected DNA samples and epidemiological information of patients born with clefts, as well as family members present, on our third medical mission to the Congo.
Altogether, 146 individuals from affected and unaffected populations agreed to be part of the study.
Find out more about Operation Smile’s research at http://www.operationsmile.org/downloadables/news-events/publications/capacity-research.pdf.
Collecting DNA samples in Kinhasa, DRC
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