Luke O'Neill

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4,575 appearances 24 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Luke O'Neill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill · The Science of Morning Sickness · 27 Aug 2026 podcast

Now, one of the saddest parts of this is thalidomite. voice-verified

Now, that drug was developed by a company called Gunn and Tal, and I got to know the Gun and Tal company actually. voice-verified

Uh they developed voice-verified

Now they must have thought, oh, lots of women have it. voice-verified

They don't want it. voice-verified

They feel sick and nauseous. voice-verified

Let's develop a drug that will treat the symptoms of morning sickness. voice-verified

And they developed thalidomide. voice-verified

Now it did limit morning sickness, but as we all know, it was a teratogen. voice-verified

Now what does that mean? voice-verified

That means it affects development. voice-verified

A teratogenic process is one where you get malformation of voice-verified

of a developing organism and thalidomide turned out to be a teratogen. voice-verified

And of course we know the consequences of that. voice-verified

And it's very important in Ireland at the moment that the people who were given uh were were victims of this they need compensation. voice-verified

And I certainly support that because you know no fault of their own. voice-verified

Their mothers took the drug and then the babies are born and they have those malformations. voice-verified

So we should see more compensation for that 'cause it wasn't their fault. voice-verified

And um of course, would you blame the company? voice-verified

Kind of, but at the time the you didn't have to test for this. voice-verified

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