| Author | Message | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 177 Registered: 9-2008 |
Because it had once ruined lives, they realized it could save lives. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 81 Registered: 11-2008 |
A-bomb? Mengele's experiments? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 995 Registered: 12-2004 |
A bacterium? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 181 Registered: 9-2008 |
A-bomb? Mengele's experiments? None of these. A bacterium? No. | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 181 Registered: 1-2008 |
Was it something that once caused human deaths? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 187 Registered: 9-2008 |
Was it something that once caused human deaths? Not deaths per se (as far as I know), but definitely human suffering. | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 190 Registered: 1-2008 |
Did it cause illness? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 190 Registered: 9-2008 |
Did it cause illness? This is still not the right way to put it, but closer. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 269 Registered: 6-2008 |
So if not illness or death, but close, did "it" cause physical injury to the body? malnutrition? reduced intelligence/learning difficulties? Is "it" a chemical substance? a living organism (I'll include viruses with that)? a machine? an activity? an idea? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 194 Registered: 9-2008 |
So if not illness or death, but close, did "it" cause physical injury to the body? Yes, but beware of an FA. malnutrition? reduced intelligence/learning difficulties? Is "it" a chemical substance? This one. a living organism (I'll include viruses with that)? a machine? an activity? an idea? | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 193 Registered: 1-2008 |
Is it an illegal drug? Legal drug? If a drug, is it: cocaine? marijuana? LSD? Shrooms? nicotene? alcohol? PCP? Something else? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 198 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is it an illegal drug? Legal drug? Legal, but I'm sure controlled now because of what happened. If a drug, is it: cocaine? marijuana? LSD? Shrooms? nicotene? alcohol? PCP? Something else? This one. | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 195 Registered: 1-2008 |
Would someone be able to buy it at a pharmacy? Convenience store? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 271 Registered: 6-2008 |
Thalidomide? I know that long after it was found to cause birth defects, it was shown to be an effective inhibitor of angiogenesis (blood vessel growth) and was therefore tested for anticancer properties. I'm not aware of how well the trials of this have gone though. | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 200 Registered: 9-2008 |
Thalidomide? I know that long after it was found to cause birth defects, it was shown to be an effective inhibitor of angiogenesis (blood vessel growth) and was therefore tested for anticancer properties. I'm not aware of how well the trials of this have gone though. BINGO! I thought this might get solved quickly. ********************SPOILER***************** Thalidomide, once prescribed to pregnant women as a treatment for morning sickness, was pulled from the shelves after it was found to cause horrific birth defects in newborns whose mothers had taken the drug during pregnancy. In the years following, it became one of the most infamous examples of a drug that wasn't properly tested before being released onto the market. Recently, however, researchers discovered that thalidomide (along with several similar drugs) could be effective as a chemotherapy drug for cancer patients. The ironic thing was that the unwanted side effect (inhibition of angiogenesis, or blood vessel growth) that was responsible for the infamous birth defects was precisely the property that made it effective in treating cancer. Thus, thalidomide became one of the first of this new type of chemo drug to enter clinical trials. Sorry it was so easy. I sort of thought it might be. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1017 Registered: 12-2004 |
If that was easy, I have no idea why my puzzles haven't been solved yet... |
