The research team has particular interest in genetic, biochemical and nutritional factors that may be associated with orofacial clefts. The study has ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Health Research Board. A current expansion drive necessitates the recruitment of people who have a cleft lip or palate and their parents.
Participation involves completing a questionnaire and collection of a cheek cell sample.
This is done by simply rubbing cotton buds against the inside of the mouth. If it is not possible for both parents to participate, a sample from either parent is still valuable, and in the case of an adult with cleft lip or palate, a sample is still very valuable even if neither parent is available. All information gathered from each participant is treated as strictly confidential and is seen only by the research team. As the results are used only for research, participants are not notified of their individual results. HRB call for participants You can help by distributing this poster for display re.