by European Society of Human Genetics Arteriovenous malformation. Credit: Hellerhoff/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 The same property of thalidomide that caused birth defects when it was given to pregnant women—the inhibition of blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis)—has led to an interest in thalidomide’s therapeutic utility in other fields. At the annual conference of the European Society for Human...
By SUSIE COEN AND SHAUN WOOLLER FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 2 January 2022 | UPDATED: 03:19 EST, 3 January 2022 Generations of women last night demanded an urgent inquiry into a drug they call the ‘silent Thalidomide’. A synthetic oestrogen known as Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was given to pregnant women to prevent miscarriage – and to dry up...
by University of Tsukuba Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separable. Thalidomide is a medication with several different effects, one of which is promoting sleep in the context of insomnia. In a new study, researchers from the University of Tsukuba have discovered that thalidomide exerts its...
