«Among families having
several members with SMCHD1 mutations, we observed some who did not have complete arhinia but had an abnormally small nose or lacked a sense of smell, as well as the one individual that had symptoms of FSHD2 but no
craniofacial abnormalities, indicating this is not a simple genetic model,» says Talkowski.
It's warm and dark, food goes in there
several times a day, and there are lots of little nooks and crannies where food can get caught,» says dentist and oral microbiologist Donna Mager of the Forsyth Institute, a nonprofit group that focuses on oral and
craniofacial research.