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Article: UAMS Leads Search for Answers on Cleft Palate, Other Biotin-related Birth Defects.
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- January 6, 2003
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Does an elusive vitamin deficiency cause cleft palates and shortened limbs in some babies?
A biochemist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is leading the study of how biotin, a micronutrient found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, may affect fetal development. There appears to be a link between the pregnant woman's biotin intake and cleft palates, in which the roof of the baby's mouth is split. There also may be a link to severely shortened arms and legs.
Dr. Donald J. Mock's work is important enough that the National Institutes of Health have ...