Re:Study That Impregnated Male Rats Stirs Controversy
by skissane on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:38AM
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> Thalidomide had no negative effects on non-human animals, but created notoriously deformed children in humans
That's not actually true; it causes birth defects in animals as well. Only limited animal testing was performed before it was approved for use in humans; more extensive animal testing, which did demonstrate birth defects, was performed only after it had been withdrawn due to causing human birth defects.
That's not actually true; it causes birth defects in animals as well. Only limited animal testing was performed before it was approved for use in humans; more extensive animal testing, which did demonstrate birth defects, was performed only after it had been withdrawn due to causing human birth defects.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12677202/