Don McCullin's unsparing portraits from war zones, or the dangling body-harness of a thalidomide child.

唐·麦卡林对战争地区的无情描绘，或者萨利多胺儿童悬在空中的身体吊带。

In thalidomide, for example, the chiral center is a carbon atom attached to one of the rings.

例如在萨力多胺中，手性中心是一个吸附在一个结构环上的碳原子。

And molecules like thalidomide are the same way.

像萨力多胺这样的分子也是如此。

But in 1998, the FDA did approve thalidomide, almost forty years after rejecting it based on the birth defect problems.

但1998年，在由于先天性缺陷问题而被禁的近40年后，食品及药物管理局的确批准了萨力多胺的使用。

Merrell executives complained that stubborn and nit-picking Kelsey was the problem, not thalidomide.

Merrell 的高管们抱怨说，固执和吹毛求疵的凯尔西才是问题所在，而不是沙利度胺。

As public awareness of the thalidomide tragedy grew, the quiet scientist became a media sensation.

随着公众对沙利度胺悲剧的意识增强，这位沉默寡言的科学家成了媒体的轰动人物。

Kelsey found its data on thalidomide’s absorption and toxicity inadequate.

Kelsey 发现其有关沙利度胺吸收和毒性的数据不足。

In November 1961, thalidomide was pulled from the German market.

1961 年 11 月，沙利度胺退出德国市场。

By 1961, Lenz had proven the link between thalidomide and the birth defects, and it was pulled from the shelves.

到1961年，Lenz证明了萨力多胺与先天性缺陷之间的联系，该药下架。

What researchers didn't know at the time was that there were actually two versions of the thalidomide molecule.

那时的研究员们不知道萨力多胺分子其实有两个变体。