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The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific effort to sequence the entire human genome, that is, to produce a map of the base…
OrganizationsHuman Genome ProjectNational Center for Human Genome Research (U.S.)National Human Genome Research Institute (U.S.)Sequence Analysis, DNAFrancis Sellers Collins helped lead the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, which helped describe the DNA sequence of the human genome…
Human Genome ProjectNucleotide sequenceSequence Analysis, DNAGenomeIn 2003, molecular biology and genetics researchers Coleen T. Murphy, Steven A. McCarroll, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Andrew Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath, Julie…
Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditisInsulin-like growth factor-binding proteinsIGF-Binding ProteinsGenetic regulationAn intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) is a device placed inside a pregnant woman’s uterus to monitor uterine contractions during labor. During…
TechnologyObstetricsChildbirthLabor (Obstetrics)Delivery (Obstetrics)Brian Hall is the son of Doris Garrad and Harry Hall, and was born in Port Kembla, NSW Australia, on 28 October 1941. He attended the University of…
Neural CrestBiographyEdwin Grant Conklin was born in Waldo, Ohio, on 24 November 1863 to parents Nancy Maria Hull and Dr. Abram V. Conklin. Conklin's family was very…
PeopleCell LineageBiographyEstrogen is the primary sex hormone in women and it functions during the reproductive menstrual cycle. Women have three major types of estrogen:…
Menstrual CycleOral contraceptivesEstrogenEstradiolEstroneCharles Otis Whitman was an extremely curious and driven researcher who was not content to limit himself to one field of expertise. Among the fields…
PeopleBiographyMorphologyLaboratoriesFelix Anton Dohrn is best remembered as the founder of the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, the world' s first permanent laboratory devoted to the study…
VertebratesBiographyLaboratoriesThe recent development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and related technologies has caught the attention of scientists, activists,…
ethicsStem Cells