Mini Brains That Grew Eyes and How the FDA Saved Babies
Learn about stem cell \u201cmini brains\u201d that grew eyes and how the FDA prevented an epidemic of birth defects in the 1960s.
Scientists grew stem cell 'mini brains' that developed mini-eyes on their own by Cameron Duke
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- Starr, M. (2021). Scientists Grew Stem Cell \u201cMini Brains\u201d. Then, The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-used-stem-cells-to-make-mini-brains-they-grew-rudimentary-eyes
The FDA never approved thalidomide, and that saved American babies by Briana Brownell
- James, A. J. (2021, August 17). How a \u201cstubborn\u201d Canadian saved thousands of American babies from birth defects. Nationalpost; National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/how-a-stubborn-canadian-saved-thousands-of-american-babies-from-birth-defects
- Phillips, S. (2020, March 9). How a courageous physician-scientist saved the U.S. from a birth-defects catastrophe. Uchicagomedicine.org; UChicago Medicine. https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/biological-sciences-articles/courageous-physician-scientist-saved-the-us-from-a-birth-defects-catastrophe
- Office of the Commissioner. (2019). Frances O. Kelsey. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history-exhibits/frances-oldham-kelsey-medical-reviewer-famous-averting-public-health-tragedy
- McNeill, L. (2017, May 8). The Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of \u201cThalidomide Babies.\u201d Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/woman-who-stood-between-america-and-epidemic-birth-defects-180963165/
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