1.   The Sunday Times proposed to publish an article about the history of the manufacture and marketing of Thalidomide, a pregnancy drug which caused birth deformities.

2.   THE renowned Australian scientist who first linked the drug Thalidomide with birth deformities was found guilty yesterday of fraud in the published results of his medical research.

3.   A widely publicized claim that the sedative drug thalidomide can cause birth deformities in the grandchildren of former users has been rejected by two researchers from the UK.

4.   New research suggests that folic acid may also prevent common facial birth deformities.

5.   Muralitharan suffers from a birth deformity in his right arm that cannot be set right.

6.   Muralitharan uses an unusual double-joined wrist action to overcome a birth deformity in his right arm that cannot be set right.

7.   Muralitharan suffers from a birth deformity in his right arm that cannot be set right, Ranatunga said.