At the start of April 2019, Professor Christof Schaefer, founder of the Berlin TIS and one of the founding members of ENTIS, officially retired from his position as the head of service in Berlin. The whole of ENTIS extends our most sincere congratulations to Professor Schaefer, and wishes him the best of luck for his future endeavours. ENTIS also wishes […]
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In September 2018, the UK Teratology Information Service sadly had to say goodbye to their head of service for the past nine years, Dr Laura Yates, who relocated with her family to South Africa to continue her career as a clinical geneticist and to begin the effort of extending the ENTIS network into Africa. Laura’s friends and colleagues from the […]
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The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), the Teratology Society and the University of South Florida are pleased to announce the Human Teratogen Course which will be presented at the USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Tampa, Florida, USA, between 24th and 26th February 2019. For more information about the course, and details about how to register, please […]
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Please click here to visit the conference website for more information about the conference venue, travel options, the scientific programme, registration options and instructions on how to submit your conference abstract. Please note the deadline for conference abstract submission will be 15th April 2019 and the early registration discount ends on 10th June 2019.
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The ENTIS Board are delighted to announce that Brachia Stahl, Beilinson Teratology Information Service (BELTIS), has been awarded an honorary ENTIS membership for her outstanding contribution and lifelong commitment to teratology counselling. The award was presented on behalf of the ENTIS board by Dr Orna Diav-Citrin during a Teratology Symposium which was assembled in Bracha’s honour and hosted at the Assaf Harofe Medical […]
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ENTIS are pleased to confirm that the 30th conference of the European Network of Teratology Information Services will take place between Thursday 5th and Saturday 7th September 2019 in Oslo, Norway. More details will be following shortly, so please keep an eye on the website for further announcements.
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Between the 4th and 8th September, UKTIS hosted the UK’s first Human Teratogens Education Course and the 3rd International Joint Meeting of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) and Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) in Newcastle upon Tyne. Delegates attended from around the globe and were treated to presentations from some of the most influential researchers and […]
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A collaborative ENTIS study recently published in Reproductive Toxicology (Volume 67, Pages 26-34) has provided no signal that varenicline is a major human teratogen. This collaborative ENTIS study was undertaken by researchers based at teratology information services in the United Kingdom, Israel, France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), Australia, the Netherlands, Finland and Turkey (Izmir), who collectively joined data from over 400 […]
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Changing of the Guards: EMA Warning on Paternal Use of Mycophenolate Mofetil: An Unnecessary and Insufficiently Substantiated Precaution. Damkier P, Passier A, Petersen LB, Havnen G, Petersen AJT. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Sep 28. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23556 In this commentary, we strongly argue against the changes to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) made by European Medicines […]
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A collaborative ENTIS study published in Neurology found an increased frequency of major malformations following exposure to pregabalin during the first trimester of pregnancy. Eight member centers of the European Network for Teratovigilance Information Services (ENTIS) conducted a study, which aimed at recording the incidence of malformations after pregabalin use during the first trimester of pregnancy [1]. Pregabalin, an anti-seizure drug, is […]
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