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Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are capable of dividing for long periods of time and can give rise to specialized cells under particular…
Stem CellsReproductiondifferentiationHuman DevelopmentThe development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…
TechnologyUltrasonographyReproductionmedicineHuman DevelopmentTwin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) is a rare placental disease that can occur at any time during pregnancy involving identical twins. TTTS…
Fetofetal TransfusionReproductionFetusCongenital DisordersHuman DevelopmentNuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique to create a three-dimensional image of a fetus. Doctors often use MRIs to image a fetuses…
TechnologyMagnetic resonance imagingNuclear Magnetic ResonanceFetusDiagnostic ultrasonic imagingAssisted reproductive technologies (ART) are a collection of different techniques designed to help those who are infertile achieve a successful…
TechnologyReproductive Techniques, AssistedReproductionFertilizationCharles Robert Cantor helped sequence the human genome, and he developed methods to non-invasively determine the genes in human fetuses. Cantor…
Human Genome ProjectDNAfetal developmentFetusEmbryosDiethylstilbestrol (DES) is an artificially created hormone first synthesized in the late 1930s. Doctors widely prescribed DES first to pregnant…
DiethylstilbestrolDiethylstilbestrol--Side effectsDiethylstilbestrol--CarcinogenicityPregnancyEstrogenThroughout history methods involving urine have been a popular way to test for pregnancy. Early ideas ranged from simply observing the color of a…
TechnologyPregnancy TestsReproductionFertilityKatharine Dexter McCormick, who contributed the majority of funding for the development of the oral contraceptive pill, was born to Josephine and…
PeopleContraceptionethicsReproductionReproductive RightsAristotle's On the Generation of Animals is referred to in Latin as De Generatione animalium. As with many of Aristotle's writings, the exact date of…
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