Sentences with phrase «facial deformities who»

The team discovered that a certain subset of cartilage - making cells, known as chondrocytes, replicate themselves, make other bone cells and drive bone growth — findings that could lead to new treatments for children with facial deformities who normally have to wait until adulthood for corrective surgery.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heart - warming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial deformity who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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The team at Operation Smile consist of medical volunteers who provide free physical exams and reconstructive surgery for children and young adults with cleft lips, palates and other facial deformities.

Auggie's a good - natured, funny and smart 10 - year - old boy, who was born with noticeable facial deformities.

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower director Stephen Chbosky stays firmly within his poignant wheelhouse by adapting someone else's bestselling coming - of - age tale — this time R.J. Palacio's novel about a boy born with a facial deformity (Room's Jacob Tremblay) who struggles to fit in at his new school.

The screen adaptation tells the story of a young, fifth grade boy with Treacher - Collins Syndrome (a bone and tissue condition that causes facial deformities) who enters public school for the first time.

Chbosky attempts to spread Palacio's message of acceptance It looks like this fall will be stirring up the feels in us with Wonder, a film about a young 5th grade age boy named Auggie Pullman, played by Jacob Tremblay (The Book of Henry, Room), who has severe facial deformities and to make matters worse he's -LSB-...]

Previous contest winners include Peanut, a Chihuahua - shih tzu mix who was abused as a puppy, resulting in hair loss and facial deformities.