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News - French Ain babies missing limb births prompt national inquiry

French regions - Ain, Brittany and Loire-Atlantique France has launched a national investigation into the number of babies being born with limb agenesis (entire missing upper limbs, missing forearms and hands, or fingers) just weeks after an initial inquiry closed. The cases were clustered in the Ain, Brittany and Loire-Atlantique regions. The cause is still unknown, but may relate to local developmental environmental abnormalies. More? BBC News | Environmental Abnormalies | Limb Abnormalities Older News Articles - Spinal Muscular Atrophy Screening | Australian 2018 Pregnancy Care Guidelines | CRISPR | Gestational Diabetes | Kyoto eBook | Dolly's sisters live on! | Thalidomide in Zebrafish | Human pancreas stem cells | Oral contraceptive no risk of major birth defects | Maternal Malaria Neurovascular Development Effects | Oocyte/Spermatozoa fate decision Rubella eliminated in the Americas | Three-person embryos