A landmark study looking at all adverse drug reactions ever recorded in Britain since 1964 reveals just three genes could be ...

Researchers Explore Thalidomide's Therapeutic Potential Date: February 3, 1997 Despite the thalidomide crisis in the 1960s, scientists have long appreciated the drug's important therapeutic potential.

In the wake of the Thalidomide disaster, Congress passed the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendment in 1962, mandating stricter controls on drug testing, marketing and advertising. This amendment required ...

But by the end of the decade, after a crisis over the drug Thalidomide (which was prescribed for morning sickness and caused birth defects) and increasing reports of potential health risks from ...

2014;11(1):79-88. The primacy of RCTs today, as a method of evaluation, stems not from greater rational or logical coherence, but from events centering on the thalidomide crisis. Thalidomide ...

Upon its 'reinvention', thalidomide was quickly applied to 'microenvironment-dependent' diseases such as multiple myeloma, yet its role in the solid tumor spectrum has not been validated.

Thalidomide is not a drug that that impinges on just one biological pathway. That complexity could explain its multifaceted effects—from its ability to induce vascular remodeling in the adult ...

Some people consider drug trials to be dangerous. Everything comes with a level of risk. Thalidomide is a medical drug that caused unexpected and serious damage to unborn babies in the 1950s and ...

“Today, on behalf of the people of Australia, our government and this parliament offers a full unreserved and overdue apology to all thalidomide survivors, their families, loved ones and carer ...