Assertion: thalidomide | /r/Causes | deformity
Facets:
value: in children
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by inhibiting production of a protein
type: MANNER
value: in developing limbs
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: It later turned out that thalidomide, even a single pill, caused deformities if taken between the 27th and 40th day after conception.
text: In the study published in the March 12 issue of the journal Science, the researchers concluded that thalidomide causes deformities in developing limbs by inhibiting production of a protein called cereblon, which in turn produces enzymes needed for limb development.
text: However, thalidomide was found to cause deformity in children born to mothers who took the drug and it was withdrawn in the UK during the early 1960s.