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A PhD and medical doctor turned ethicist, Leon Kass calls himself an unlicensed humanist. Throughout his unique career he has sought to impact others…
PeoplebioethicsethicsReproductionBiographyAnne Laura Dorinthea McLaren was a developmental biologist known for her work with embryology in the twentieth century. McLaren was the first…
PeopleFertilizationBiographyMiceAntoni van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, the Netherlands, on 24 October 1632 to Margriet Jacobsdochter van den Berch and Philips Thooniszoon, both…
BiographyMicroscopyAs 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 WashingtonEducationFrank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an…
PeopleLillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947BiographyLaboratoriesCell LineageJames Marion Sims developed a surgical cure for ruptures of the wall separating the bladder from the vagina during labor, ruptures called vesico-…
PeopleSims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883Speculum (Medicine)Fistula, Vesico-vaginalSurgeryLennart Nilsson is a world-renowned photojournalist recognized for his exploratory images of the inside of the human body. Throughout his career,…
PeopleReproductionBiographyHuman DevelopmentMorphologyPatrick Christopher Steptoe was a British gynecologist responsible for major advances in gynecology and reproductive technology. Throughout his…
PeopleLaparoscopyReproductionBiographymedicineBest known for his contributions to the field of embryology, Karl Ernst von Baer also pursued a variety of other areas of study including medicine,…
PeopleEpigenomicsBiographyEpigeneticsMarie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 October 1880 to Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a suffragist, and Henry Stopes…
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