Family PD1 was examined at home in the Southern Punjab region and informed written consent was obtained from all participating individuals. This study was approved by the local ethical committee of ...

A new mom in Ohio gave doctors an unexpected surprise after giving birth to a healthy baby boy with a beautiful heart-shaped thumb. Sarah Wilson told Newsweek her doctors said they "haven't seen a ...

Polydactyly presents as an extra finger or toe that ranges in size from a small bump to a complete working digit. Preaxial polydactyly occurs on the thumb or radial side, and postaxial polydactyly ...

A 16-month-old boy who was born with five thumbs has been given back the use of his hands after doctors removed the extra fingers in an amazing surgery. Little Kyrie Carter, from Fresno, California, ...

Doctors have released a series of fascinating photos of a strange balloon-like growth on a baby's hand. The child was born with a dangling lump on his hand that could have developed into a second ...

This release is available in German. Polydactyly is a hereditary anomaly that is relatively common in both humans and animals. Moles also have additional fingers. In their case, however, the ...

Around 1 on 500 people are born with the condition and it is more prominent in African countries CAN you see what is different about this man’s hands? You’d be forgiven for looking straight at the ...

For the first time scientists have examined the motor skills and sensorimotor brain areas in people with polydactyly. The study was conducted by researchers from the University of Freiburg, Imperial ...

A baby in Bagalkot, Karnataka, was born with Polydactyly, having extra fingers and toes. The condition can be genetic or sporadic, occurring during fetal development. Polydactyly is a congenital ...

A girl has been born with 26 fingers and toes in India, in an unusual occurrence. The baby—born at the Kaman community health center in Deeg district of Rajasthan on Sunday—has seven fingers on each ...

A six-fingered spy seems a natural fit for a James Bond film, right in keeping with other odd-bodied henchmen such as the metal-mouthed giant Jaws or Tee Hee, the assassin with a hook for a hand. But ...