BERLIN (AP) — The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday — 50 years ...

Thalidomide remains an enigma of a drug. Withdrawn from the market in late November 1961, this year marks 60 years since its removal in response to the birth defects crisis. Yet, its mention still ...

Irish Thalidomide Association says there has been ‘a little bit of headway’ towards resolving outstanding issues ...

Patterns of Outcome and Prognostic Factors in Primary Large-Cell Lymphoma of the Testis in a Survey by the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group Purpose: To evaluate the activity of ...

Scientists have studied thalidomide's target protein, cereblon (CRBN), and its binding protein, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which plays an important role in maintaining intracellular energy ...

Thalidomide may have been withdrawn in the early 1960s for use by pregnant women, but its dramatic effects remain memorable half a century later. Now, researchers have taken a major step toward ...

More than 50 years after the drug thalidomide hit the market as a remedy for nausea in pregnant women, researchers may finally have pinned down how it causes severe birth defects. Their results show ...

The drug was originally used to treat morning sickness in the late 50s. Stephencdickson/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers have turned to existing ...

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 ...

The thalidomide tragedy provided important lessons about how drugs can impact on fetal organ development. Image Point Fr/Shutterstock The thalidomide tragedy of the late 1950s and early 1960s left ...

NARRATOR (VOICE OVER): Half a century ago, scientists made one of the biggest medical blunders in history. They created this drug. A drug that destroyed many lives, but now it’s saving them. NANCY ...

Multiple myeloma (MM)—a malignancy of the bone marrow—remains incurable by current therapies, and there is an urgent need for new drugs based on a better understanding of the underlying disease ...