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Lennart Nilsson (1922- )
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 24, 2010
Lennart Nilsson is a world-renowned photojournalist recognized for his exploratory images of the inside of the human body. Throughout his career,…
PeopleReproductionBiographyHuman DevelopmentMorphology
Pope Gregory XIV (1535-1591)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jun 22, 2010
Pope Gregory XIV, born Nicolo Sfondrati, reversed the bull of Pope Sixtus V, Effraenatum, under which an abortion at any time of gestation can be…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicism
John von Neumann (1903-1957)
By: Julia Damerow
| Published: Jun 22, 2010
John von Neumann was a Hungarian mathematician who made important contributions to mathematics, physics, computer science, and the area of artificial…
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Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912)
By: Kaitlin Smith
| Published: Jun 20, 2010
Multiple theories about what determines sex were tested at the turn of the twentieth century. By experimenting on germ cells, cytologist Nettie Maria…
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Endoscopy
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 19, 2010
Endoscopy is a medical procedure that enables the viewing and biopsy of, and surgery on, internal tissues and organs. Endoscopic examinations are…
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Laparoscopy
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 19, 2010
Laparoscopy, a subfield of endoscopy, is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to examine and operate on the internal organs of the abdomen…
TechnologyLaparoscopyReproduction
Jeffrey Keenan (1961- )
By: Nicole Lopez
| Published: Jun 17, 2010
Jeffrey Keenan is the Director of the Southeastern Center for Fertility and Reproductive Medicine and the main developer behind the National Embryo…
PeopleReproductive Techniques, AssistedReproductionBiographyFertility
José Pedro Balmaceda (1948- )
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Jun 15, 2010
José Pedro Balmaceda was born 22 August 1948 in Santiago, Chile. His mother Juanita owned a women's boutique in the city and his father José was a…
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Ziegler Wax Embryo Models
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 15, 2010
Three-dimensional anatomical models have long been essential to the learning of science and lend a sense of "control" to those practicing in the…
TechnologyReproductionModelsAnatomy
Abortion
By: Christina Raup
| Published: Jun 10, 2010
Abortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur-either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development…
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