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Cornelia Isabella Bargmann (1961- )
By: Dasia Garcia
| Published: Jun 19, 2017
Cornelia Isabella Bargmann studied the relationship between genes, neural circuits, and behavior in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans…
Drosophila melanogasterNeural circuitryNeurobiologyHER-2 geneHER-2 protein
The Formation of Reticular Theory
By: Isra Mishqat
| Published: Jun 19, 2017
In the nineteenth century, reticular theory aimed to describe the properties of neurons, the specialized cells which make up the nervous system, but…
Nerve TissueNervous SystemNobel Prize winnersBrainNeurons
"Control of Corneal Differentiation by Extracellular Materials" (1974), by Stephen Meier and Elizabeth D. Hay
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: Jun 19, 2017
In 1974, Elizabeth Dexter Hay and Stephen Meier in the US conducted an experiment that demonstrated that the extracellular matrix, the mesh-like…
Extracellular matrixCollagenCorneaEpitheliumEmbryos
Leon Chesley (1908-2000)
By: Sarah Patel
| Published: Jun 19, 2017
Leon Chesley studied hypertension, or high blood pressure, in pregnant women during the mid-twentieth century. Chesley studied preeclampsia and…
PreeclampsiaEclampsiaHypertensionObstetricsPregnancy
Sidney Q. Cohlan (1915-1999)
By: Bianca Zietal, Chanapa Tantibanchachai
| Published: Jun 18, 2017
Sidney Q. Cohlan studied birth defects in the US during the twentieth century. Cohlan helped to discover that if a pregnant woman ate too much…
Abnormalities, HumanRetinoidsVitamin AHypervitaminosisTetracycline
Dorothy Andersen (1901–1963)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jun 18, 2017
Dorothy Andersen studied cystic fibrosis in the United States during the early 1900s. In 1935, Andersen discovered lesions in the pancreas of an…
Celiac DiseaseCeliac disease in childrenPenicillin
My Father, My Son (1986), by Elmo Zumwalt, Jr., Elmo Zumwalt III, and John Pekkanen
By: Ceci Chou
| Published: Jun 16, 2017
My Father, My Son is a dual autobiography by father and son Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr. and Elmo Russell Zumwalt III published by Macmillan Publishing…
LiteratureAgent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaOperation Ranch Hand, 1962-1971
"Experimental Studies on Congenital Malformations" (1959), by James G. Wilson
By: Chanapa Tantibanchachai
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
The article Experimental Studies on Congenital Malformations was published in the Journal of Chronic Diseases in 1959. The author, James G. Wilson,…
LiteratureAbnormalities, HumanBirth DefectsTeratologymalformations
Betty Friedan (1921–2006)
By: Sepehr Abdi-Moradi
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
Betty Friedan advocated for the advancement of women's rights in the twentieth century in the United States. In 1963, Friedan wrote The Feminine…
feminismWomen's rightsAbortionPro-choice movementContraception
The Neuron Doctrine (1860-1895)
By: Isra Mishqat
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
The neuron doctrine is a concept formed during the turn of the twentieth century that describes the properties of neurons, the specialized cells that…
NeuronsAxonsDendritesNervous SystemSynapses