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Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Jun 10, 2010
Pope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy, to Virginia and Filippo Pacelli. Known for his oft-…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopes
The Time Has Come: A Catholic Doctor's Proposals to End the Battle over Birth Control (1963), by John Rock
By: Christina Raup
| Published: Jun 10, 2010
In 1963, Roman Catholic fertility doctor John Rock published The Time Has Come: A Catholic Doctor's Proposals to End the Battle over Birth Control, a…
LiteratureContraceptionPublicationsreligionReproduction
Sergio Cereceda Stone (1942- )
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Jun 07, 2010
Sergio Cereceda Stone was born 16 April 1942 in the coastal city of Valparaiso, Chile. Stone's mother Luz was a housewife and caretaker for Sergio…
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Ectopic Pregnancy
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: May 06, 2010
Many difficulties can arise with a pregnancy even after the sperm successfully fertilizes the oocyte. A major problem occurs if the fertilized egg…
Ectopic PregnancyPregnancy, EctopicReproductionHuman Developmentmedicine
Landrum Brewer Shettles (1909-2003)
By: Stephen C. Ruffenach
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Landrum Brewer Shettles is remembered as an important contributor to early in vitro fertilization research in the United States as well as a prolific…
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In Vitro Fertilization
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) initially introduced by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards in the 1970s to…
TechnologyFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilityFertilization
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are a collection of different techniques designed to help those who are infertile achieve a successful…
TechnologyReproductive Techniques, AssistedReproductionFertilization
Intrauterine Insemination
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Intrauterine insemination (IUI), also known as artificial insemination, is one of the earliest and simplest assisted reproductive technologies (ART…
TechnologyArtificial InseminationFertilizationReproduction
Georgeanna Seegar Jones (1912-2005)
By: Stephen C. Ruffenach
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Georgeanna Seegar Jones was a reproductive endocrinologist who created one of America' s most successful infertility clinics in West Virginia and…
PeopleFertilization in VitroReproductionBiographyFertilization
Ovum Humanum: Growth, Maturation, Nourishment, Fertilization and Early Development (1960), by Landrum Brewer Shettles
By: Stephen C. Ruffenach
| Published: Jul 21, 2009
Ovum Humanum was written and compiled by Dr. Landrum Brewer Shettles while he worked as a doctor in New York. The publication contains an atlas of…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionHuman DevelopmentOva