Assertion: thalidomide | /r/Causes | malformation
Facets:
value: by attacking the embryonic nervous system
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Working with P H Huang, he proposed that thalidomide caused malformations by interacting with the DNA of the dividing embryonic cells.
text: In crude terms, the traditional view of thalidomide medicine held that thalidomide caused malformations by attacking the embryonic nervous system which in turn dictated that the resultant malformations could only be bilateral (both upper and/or both lower limbs,) and pre-axial (radial rather than ulnar bones.)