65: The Sexist Thalidomide Tragedy

Sexism in STEM is certainly a problem, this week we talk about a disastrous outcome of this bias. The Thalidomide scandal is an example of the dangers of poor testing and sheer recklessness. You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References and Further Reading https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/thalidomide https://www.thalidomidetrust.org/about-us/about-thalidomide/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/in-depth/thalidomide/art-20046534 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15536544 https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Supplemental_Modules_(Organic_Chemistry)/Chirality/Chirality_and_Stereoisomers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1520636x https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160208124237.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35457-6 https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/article/110/1/4/1668162 https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/t/thalidomide.html Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk