Funding for craniofacial research

Study Aims at Identifying Genetic Causes for Birth Defects

Submitted By The Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin received a two-year, $418,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to investigate the genetic causes of birth defects that result in deformities of the head and face. Elena V. Semina, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics at the Medical College and a developmental biology investigator at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, is lead researcher for the study.

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