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  • As I look back, I realize that when I was 18 and working at Rusk, I did not fully fathom the extent of thalidomide's ravaging effects.

    Stephanie Gertler: Thalidomide: Curse or Cure? 2009

  • Four decades ago, when thalidomide's awful effects were revealed, the drug was returned to the lab to be tested on pregnant animals for the first time.

    Oxford Scientific Activists Take Their Message to the Streets Nick Anthis 2006

  • Four decades ago, when thalidomide's awful effects were revealed, the drug was returned to the lab to be tested on pregnant animals for the first time.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Nick Anthis 2006

  • December 2, 1961, when thalidomide's licence was revoked, was not the end of the thalidomide story.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • A campaign has also been launched by disability rights campaigner Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds for a permanent memorial to all thalidomide's victims in the UK, including the 456 surviving adults.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • Last year, the British government officially apologized to people who were harmed by the drug, after earlier agreeing to pay out 20 million pounds $31 million to thalidomide's victims.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By KRISTEN GELINEAU 2011

  • Last year, the British government officially apologized to people who were harmed by the drug, after earlier agreeing to pay out 20 million pounds $31 million to thalidomide's victims.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • More than 10,000 children in 46 countries were born with missing limbs and other deformities before thalidomide's manufacturers pulled it from the market.

    News Gisela Telis 2010

  • And scientists had great confidence in thalidomide's safety.

    Wired Top Stories Gary Wolf 2010

  • Contempt-of-court rulings enabled Distillers to ban any reporting of thalidomide's scientific history.

    economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

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