Thalidomide

I thought they banned the use of thalidomide for morning sickness in the sixties due to all the birth defects.

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... safe since we've been using it for thousands of years. I think left-handedness of regular chemicals doesn't necessarily make it safe. For example, thalidomide the commonly used drug for morning sickness also causes birth defects. One enantiomer is the drug, the other is a poison.

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... current tests.Cloning allows that genetic error to gain wide penetration into the human population before it presents itself. Anyone recall the Thalidomide catastrophe? :shock: - M. R. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_sciencehealth.html The FDA wants to hear from you about Animal ...

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... current tests.Cloning allows that genetic error to gain wide penetration into the human population before it presents itself. Anyone recall the Thalidomide catastrophe? :shock: - M. R. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_sciencehealth.html The FDA wants to hear from you about Animal ...

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... wouldn't work if your solution of L-amino acids was rapidly switching between two confirmations. All this chirality stuff reminded me of the Thalidomide tragedy in the 1950s and 60s. A drug given to pregnant women for morning sickness, but it was a racemic mixture and they didn't know that ...

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