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The DTaP vaccination series is an FDA-approved, five-shot vaccine for young children in the United States for protection against diphtheria, tetanus…
Diphtheria ToxoidDiphtheria ToxinCorynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheria-Tetanus VaccineDiphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis VaccinesSprayed extensively by the US military in Vietnam, Agent Orange contained a dioxin contaminant later found to be toxic to humans. Despite reports by…
Agent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaNeural tube--AbnormalitiesSpinal cord--AbnormalitiesThe Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, began in 1888 to offer opportunities for instruction and research in biological…
OrganizationsMarine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)EmbryologyMarine laboratoriesWhitman, Charles Otis, 1842-1910A test-tube baby is the product of a successful human reproduction that results from methods beyond sexual intercourse between a man and a woman and…
Artificial InseminationInsemination, ArtificialethicsReproductionFertilizationPearl Luella Kendrick researched prevention for pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the mid-1900s.…
Tuberculosis VaccinesPertussis vaccinesAmerican Public Health AssociationPublicationsViral vaccinesFriedrich Tiedemann studied the anatomy of humans and animals in the nineteenth century in Germany. He published on zoological subjects, on the heart…
BrainAnatomy, ComparativeEmbryologyFetal braindevelopmentThe Guthrie test, also called the PKU test, is a diagnostic tool to test infants for phenylketonuria a few days after birth. To administer the…
TechnologyGuthrie, Robert, 1916-1995PhenylketonuriaMental RetardationAmino acids--Metabolism--DisordersMatthias Jacob Schleiden helped develop the cell theory in Germany during the nineteenth century. Schleiden studied cells as the common element among…
Cell BiologyBotanyEpigenesisEmbryologyBiology, ExperimentalIn March 1999 Bradley Richard Smith, a professor at the University of Michigan, unveiled the first digital magnetic resonance images of human embryos…
Magnetic resonance microscopyMagnetic resonance imagingPublicationsMicroscopyModelsThe Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) documentary Life's Greatest Miracle (abbreviated Miracle, available at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/…
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