The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean   /     The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

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Duration
1155
Publishing date
2024-11-12 14:38
Link
https://disappearingspoon.podbean.com
Contributors
  Sam Kean
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https://audio1.redcircle.com/episodes/6d7a2bbf-cb2a-489b-824b-eb42327fed84/stream.mp3
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In refusing to approve the drug thalidomide, FDA scientist Frances Oldham Kelsey spared thousands of babies from deadly birth defects and revolutionized drug research. But was her legacy all good?



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