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Born on 24 March 1890 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, to Ann and Frank Rock, John Charles Rock was both a devout Catholic and one of the leading…
PeopleContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsCatholicismAs one of the researchers involved in the development of the oral contraceptive pill, Min Chueh Chang helped to revolutionize the birth control…
ContraceptionReproductionBiographyAs the third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner made a number of contributions to…
PeopleBiographyCarnegie Institution of WashingtonEducationBest known for his contributions to the field of embryology, Karl Ernst von Baer also pursued a variety of other areas of study including medicine,…
PeopleEpigenomicsBiographyEpigeneticsJan Swammerdam, known as the founder of the preformation theory based on his extensive research on insect development, was born on 12 February 1637…
PeopleBiographyFrancesco Redi, son of Florentine physician Cecilia de' Ghinci and Gregorio Redi, was born in Arezzo, Italy, on 18 February 1626. He studied…
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