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22 Nov 2009 by Nancy Reyes  
Thalidomide is the drug behind one of the largest medicine linked disasters of the twentieth century. Back in the late 1950's/early 1960's, it was used to treat severe morning sickness in pregnant women in Europe, resulting in 10 ...
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Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide ...
View Blog: Research into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs and other tissues. The article, published in Bio-Essays

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View Post: Thalidomide victim critically ill in Royal Liverpool Hospital
25 Nov 2009 by Click Liverpool  
Thalidomide victims campaigner Freddie Astbury is critically ill in hospital. More... (http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/national-news/126966-thalidomide-victim-critically-ill-in-royal-liverpool-hospital.html) ...
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View Post: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Thalidomide in ...
29 Oct 2009 by Lee, Rudd, Woll, Ottensmeier, Gilligan,...  
We hypothesized that thalidomide, an oral antiangiogenic agent, when combined with chemotherapy, and as maintenance treatment, would improve survival in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ...
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View Post: Treatment Trends For Multiple Myeloma – Part 3: Options For ...
24 Nov 2009 by Francie Diep  
In the past decade, the introduction of thalidomide (Thalomid), Velcade (bortezomib), and Revlimid (lenalidomide) have improved patients' response to treatment and increased survival time, even when used without stem cell transplants. ...
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