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.