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Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1975)

By: Tea Zawilak | Published: Aug 09, 2026

Theodosius Dobzhansky studied genetics and evolutionary biology, primarily using fruit flies, in the Soviet Union and the United States during the…

DrosophilaFruit FlyDrosophila melanogasterD. melanogasterChromosomes

Metformin

By: Meghana Kaluva Sale | Published: Aug 06, 2026

Metformin hydrochloride, hereafter metformin, is a medication that doctors prescribe to treat type 2 diabetes, a condition where the body fails to…

Polycystic ovary syndromeStein-Leventhal SyndromeMetforminGuanidinesHyperandrogenism

Ritalin for ADHD Treatment

By: Edie Gobel | Published: Jul 31, 2026

Ritalin is a medication that, since the 1950s, doctors in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere have prescribed to treat individuals with a…

Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAttention Deficit DisorderADHDDevelopmental DisabilitiesHyperkinetic syndrome

The C8 Health Project and C8 Science Panel (2004–2013)

By: Federico Mellani | Published: Jul 29, 2026

During a thirteen-month period between 2005 and 2006, over 69,000 people across Ohio and West Virginia gave samples of blood and answered surveys as…

PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl SubstancesMaternal HealthPre-EclampsiaTesticular NeoplasmsHypercholesterolemia

Frederick Sanger (1918–2013)

By: Raida Shamim | Published: Jul 24, 2026

As a researcher in biochemistry, Frederick Sanger studied the structure of proteins, RNA, and DNA during the mid-twentieth century in Cambridge,…

Sequence Analysis, DNASequence Analysis, RNAHuman Genome ProjectGenomicsNucleotide sequence

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

By: Kaitlyn Helm, Tea Zawilak | Published: Jul 23, 2026

Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a technique that scientists use to rapidly make millions of copies of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, which is…

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Joseph Grafton Gall (1928–2024)

By: Raida Shamim, Tea Zawilak | Published: Jul 20, 2026

Joseph Grafton Gall researched and taught cell biology for over seventy years in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in the United…

TelomereCell BiologyMolecular BiologyChromosome BreakpointsPolytene Chromosomes

“Involving Minority and Underrepresented Women in Clinical Trials: The National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health” (2000), by Marcia Killien, Judy Ann Bigby, Victoria Champion et al.

By: Pragalbha Ghatigar | Published: Jul 20, 2026

In 2000, Marcia Killien and colleagues published “Involving Minority and Underrepresented Women in Clinical Trials: The National Centers of…

Clinical Trial ProtocolClinical Trials, RandomizedThalidomideWomen’s HealthClinical Trials

Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)

By: Pragalbha Ghatigar, Abel Peña | Published: Jul 02, 2026

Mary Putnam Jacobi was a physician and researcher in the United States whose work advanced the understanding of women’s health in the late nineteenth…

Women physiciansMenstruationVivisectionDissectionPremenstrual syndrome

Kary Banks Mullis (1944–2019)

By: Kaitlyn Helm | Published: Jul 02, 2026

Kary Banks Mullis studied the chemical processes within living organisms, known as biochemistry, during the late twentieth century in the US. He…

Polymerase chain reactionGene AmplificationTaq PolymeraseCOVID-19 Diagnostic TestingNobel Prize winners