Filter my results
Charles Manning Child designed an experimental test, the susceptibility assay, to measure the effects of different toxins on developmental processes…
TechnologyChild, Charles Manning, 1869-1954OvadifferentiationChorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a test used for prenatal diagnosis. Safe to perform at an earlier stage in pregnancy than amniocentesis, CVS is…
TechnologyChorionic Villus SamplingChorionic Villi SamplingReproductionEnovid was the first hormonal birth control pill. G. D. Searle and Company began marketing Enovid as a contraceptive in 1960. The technology was…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsProgestin is a synthetic form of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, which plays an important role in the female reproductive cycle. During…
TechnologyProgesteroneReproductionContraceptionVarious techniques constitute assisted reproduction, one of which is gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT). The first example of GIFT involved…
TechnologyReproductionPlan B is a progestin-only emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) that can be taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected sex in order to prevent an…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsThe hanging drop tissue culture is a technique utilized in embryology and other fields to allow growth that would otherwise be restricted by the flat…
TechnologyTissue cultureTissue Culture Techniques