Resources

Resources for Scientists/Professionals

Notice
These links are selected for their usefulness to members of the Society and others interested in teratology. No endorsement of any of the sites or their sponsoring organizations is intended or implied.

Index
General Resources	COVID-19 Resources
Journals	Government Agencies
Transgenic Animal Databases and Vendors	Scientific Societies
Organizations	Developmental Biology Course and Information
Toxicology and Teratology Databases and Literature	Resources for Medical Professionals
Teratology Related Links

General Resources
AAALAC International CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) PubMed/MEDLINE National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR) Scientific Liaison Coalition The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) A national resource for molecular biology information. NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information. Examples: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Databases

COVID-19 Resources
MotherToBaby Fact Sheet on COVID-19 and Pregnancy and Lactation CDC COVID-19 resources

Scientific Societies
American College of Toxicology Australian Birth Defects Society Developmental Neurotoxicology Society European Teratology Society FASEB - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology International Federation of Placental Associations Japanese Teratology Society Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association (MARTA) Organization of Teratology Information Specialists - MotherToBaby (OTIS) Society for the Study of Reproduction Society for Developmental Biology Society of Toxicology

Developmental Biology Courses and Information
Zygote eMousAtlas Embryo Images Normal and abnormal mammalian development by Drs. K. Sulik and P. Bream, Jr. The Visible Embryo

Teratology Related Links
Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance Network (CCASN) DevTox - A Resource for Developmental Toxicology Global Birth Defects, The Global Health Network March of Dimes Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) REPROTOX PEAR-Net Society (Pregnancy Exposures, Advocacy and Research Network) The Thalidomide Story

Government Agencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Environmental Protection Agency Food and Drug Administration FDA Guidance Documents Guidance documents represent the Agency's current thinking on a particular subject. Nat. Inst. for Child Health & Human Development National Institutes of Environ. Health Sciences National Institutes of Health National Science Foundation National Toxicology Program

Journals
Birth Defects Research, the official journal of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Member access: https://www.birthdefectsresearch.org/birth-defects-research-journal.asp Cell Development Developmental Dynamics J. of Biological Chemistry Nature Proc. National Acad. Sciences Placenta Reproductive Toxicology Science

Transgenic Animal Databases and Vendors
The Jackson Laboratory - Mouse Genome Informatics

Resources for medical professionals
REPROTOX This web site provides current assessments on the potentially harmful effects of environmental exposure to drugs, chemicals, and physical agents on human pregnancy, reproduction, and development (fee required). CDC Zika Virus Information and Guidance

Organizations
Cerebral Palsy Organizations United Cerebral Palsy American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Cleft Palate Organizations American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association Down Syndrome Organizations Canadian Down Syndrome Society National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Association for Down Syndrome (NADS) March of Dimes March of Dimes Homepage March of Dimes, Birth Defects and Health Conditions page Spina Bifida Organizations International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Spina Bifida Association of America Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada Other American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Toxicology and Teratology Databases and Literature
Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI) An EPA web site, the EMCI uses an internal identification system that is based on CAS numbers and names as a cross-reference to link chemicals in Air, Water, and Hazardous Waste, Superfund, and Toxics Release Inventories. Federal Register Search the Federal Register for rules, regulations, and notices since 1994. International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) ITER is a free Internet database of human health risk values and cancer classifications for over 680 chemicals of environmental concern from multiple organizations worldwide. Kyoto Human Embryo Visualization Project PubMed MedWeb A list of toxicology databases maintained by Emory University Health Sciences Central Library. National Toxicology Program (NTP) Tested chemicals are listed under Teratology study, Short-term Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity (RDGT) Study, and/or Reproductive Assessment by Continuous Breeding (RACB) Study. Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR) REPROTOX An information system developed by the Reproductive Toxicology Center, Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center. This web site provides current assessments on the potentially harmful effects of environmental exposure to chemicals and physical agents on human pregnancy, reproduction, and development (fee required). PEAR-Net Society (Pregnancy Exposures, Advocacy and Research Network)