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A study of thalidomide, a sedatuve that maimed and killed thousands and caused untold birth defects during the 1950s, describes how the drug has made a dramatic comeback to provide a successful treatment for millions of people with arthritis, lupus, brain tumors and cancer, mult…
""A thoughtful account of the rise, fall, and subsequent rise again of thalidomide's fortunes.""--Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, in The New York Review of Books
Describes how thalidomide, a sedative that killed thousands and caused untold birth defects during the 1950s, has made a dramatic comeback to provide successful treatment for millions of people with arthritis, lupus, brain tumors, cancer, tuberculosis, and AIDS.