Science news articles about 'drug thalidomide'

Controversial drug thalidomide does not improve survival for patients with a form of lung cancer, a study finds.

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. ...

... . Like human hands, many molecules that make up drugs come in two shapes, right and left. But ... . For example, side effects from the morning sickness drug Thalidomide resulted in profound birth defects ...

... best-known instances of a chiral molecule causing widespread harm occurred in the 1950s, when the drug thalidomide was given to pregnant women to prevent morning sickness. One naturally occurring form ...