thalidomide
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- n a sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis
- The deforming effects of thalidomide on unborn children have been known for almost seven years, and the drug's manufacturers are even now on trial in Alsdorf, Germany (PTI, Sept .
- After thalidomide's catastrophic debut, scientists found that the deformities occurred because the drug prevented the formation of new blood vessels.
- Last week, only a few months after thalidomide was denounced as the cause of the worst medical disaster in history, the drug was being hailed in Israel as a possible treatment .