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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) involves testing for specific genetic conditions prior to the implantation of an embryo in the uterine wall.…
TechnologyPreimplantation DiagnosisReproductionFertilizationgenetic testingIn 1993, Dean H. Hamer and colleagues in the US published results from their research that indicated that men with speicifc genes were more likely to…
HomosexualityMale homosexualityGeneticsX chromosomeGenetic sex determinationIn their 2014 article “A Comparison of the Menstruation and Education Experiences of Girls in Tanzania, Ghana, Cambodia, and Ethiopia,” hereafter “…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstrual CycleFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspectsThe Boston Women’s Health Book Collective was a women’s health organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that published the informational…
OrganizationfeminismReproductive HealthEqual RightsHealth education of womenIn 2005, Helen O’Connell and colleagues published “Anatomy of the Clitoris,” a review article, in The Journal of Urology. The article was one of the…
Female orgasmGenital Organs, FemaleGenitalia, FemaleBarbara McClintock worked on genetics in corn (maize) plants and spent most of her life conducting research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in…
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCornDNA Transposable ElementsIn 2010, US Congress enacted section 3509 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA, to target issues relating to women’s health. The…
LawUnited States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActObamacareClinical TrialsWomen's health servicesThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 established the legal framework that governs infertility treatment, medical services ancillary to…
LawEmbryo transplantationReproductive technologyWarnock, Mary, 1808-1900Human reproductive technologyThe Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, by Barbara McClintock, was published in 1950 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
LiteratureMcClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCornThe development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…
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