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THE EMBRYO PROJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA

Recording and contextualizing the science of embryos, development, and reproduction

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“An Extra-Uterine System to Physiologically Support the Extreme Premature Lamb” (2017), by Emily Partridge, Marcus Davey, Matthew Hornick, Patrick McGovern, Ali Mejaddam, Jesse Vrecenak, Carmen Mesas-Burgos, Aliza Olive, Robert Caskey, et al.

Jun 13, 2025

In April 2017, Alan Flake and colleagues published “An Extra-Uterine System to Physiologically Support the Extreme Premature Lamb,” hereafter “An…

Premature Birth bioethics Artificial Organs

James Daniel Hardy (1918–2003)

Jun 13, 2025

James Daniel Hardy was a surgeon and researcher practicing in the United States during the twentieth century who studied organ transplantation, or…

Heart Transplant organ transplantation General Surgery

Vaginal Microbiome Consortium (2007– )

Jun 13, 2025

The Vaginal Microbiome Consortium, or the VMC, established in 2007, consists of a group of researchers, clinicians, statisticians, and geneticists…

Female Urogenital Diseases Premature Birth Microbiota

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