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Alexis Carrel (1873-1944)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Feb 29, 2008
Alexis Carrel was a doctor and researcher who studied tissue cultures. He continued Ross Granville Harrison's research and produced many…
Tissue Culture TechniquesBiographyTissue culture
Johannes Holtfreter (1901-1992)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Feb 29, 2008
Johannes Holtfreter made important discoveries about the properties of the organizer discovered by Hans Spemann. Although he spent much time away…
Organizers, EmbryonicBiographyFrogs
Father Frank Pavone (1959- )
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Feb 29, 2008
Father Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church's pro-life movement, has devoted his life's work to ending abortion, euthanasia,…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicism
Free Hospital for Women Scrapbook by Harvard University Library
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 13, 2007
This scrapbook is part of the Harvard University Library's collection on "Working Women, 1800-1930," which is itself part of the Open Collections…
LiteratureOrganizationsethicsReproductionmedicine
"The Outgrowth of the Nerve Fiber as a Mode of Protoplasmic Movement" (1910), by Ross Granville Harrison
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 13, 2007
In "The Outgrowth of the Nerve Fiber as a Mode of Protoplasmic Movement," Ross Granville Harrison explores the growth of nerve fibers in vitro. The…
ExperimentsNerve Growth FactorTissue culture
"Versuche zur Analyse der Induktionsmittel in der Embryonalentwicklung" (1932), by Hermann Bautzmann, Johannes Holtfreter, Otto Mangold, and Hans Spemann
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 13, 2007
In "Versuche zur Analyse der Induktionsmittel in der Embryonalentwicklung," published in Naturwissenschaften in 1932, Hermann Bautzmann, Johannes…
Organizers, EmbryonicExperimentsTransplantation
Humanae Vitae (1968), by Pope Paul VI
By: Katherine Brind'Amour, Benjamin Garcia
| Published: Nov 13, 2007
The "Humanae Vitae," meaning "Of Human Life" and subtitled "On the Regulation of Birth," was an encyclical promulgated in Rome, Italy, on 25 July…
LiteratureReproductive RightsreligionReproductionCatholicism
St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Widely known as a key contributor to the Roman Catholic Church's body of doctrine, St. Thomas Aquinas also published an opinion on the moral status…
religionCatholicismFetusHuman Development
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun known for her charitable work and attention to the poor, was born 26 August 1910. The youngest child of Albanian…
religionReproductionCatholicismContraceptionAbortion
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Pope John Paul II's views on abortion and embryology have been very influential to the Roman Catholic Church. He strictly forbade abortion and other…
religionReproductionCatholicismPopesAbortion