56 years to discover how a drug negatively affected unborn fetuses? astargfirullah...
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/01/thalidomide-scandal-timeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
1953: Thalidomide - created as the anti-morning sickness drug in Germany
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2009 Scientists at the University of Aberdeen claim
they have solved a "50-year puzzle" after discovering how thalidomide
causes limb defects. They found that a component of the drug prevented
the growth of new blood vessels in developing embryos, stunting limb
growth. The government agrees to pay a £20m grant to the Thalidomide
Trust over three years, after another campaign by the Sunday Times.
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