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Seminar - The Thlomide Disaster and Phocomelia Syndrome

Seminar Title: The Thlomide Tragedy and Phocomelia Syndrome

Seminar Date: October 23, 2017; 12:00 p.m.

Seminar Location: KMB-319

Seminar Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Osman İSMAİL

Seminar Presenter: Sevil Begüm KARAKAŞ, Chemical Engineer

Seminar Summary: The drug Thalidomide, produced to alleviate certain symptoms in expectant mothers during pregnancy, had adverse effects on both the mother and the fetus, leading to the Thalidomide Tragedy and Phocomelia Syndrome.