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Pfeffer Cell Apparatus
By: Sara Parker
| Published: Oct 24, 2017
The Pfeffer Zelle (Pfeffer Cell Apparatus), invented by Wilhelm Pfeffer in 1877, measured the minimum pressure needed to prevent a pure solvent from…
TechnologyPlant cell membranesPlants--DevelopmentOsmosisMembranes (Technology)
Shoukhrat Mitalipov and Masahito Tachibana's Mitochondrial Gene Replacement Therapy Technique
By: Giselle Lee
| Published: Sep 06, 2017
In 2009, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Masahito Tachibana, and their team of researchers developed the technology of mitochondrial gene replacement therapy to…
TechnologymonkeysGurdon, J. B. (John Bertrand)Briggs, Robert, -1983King, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1921-2000
Light Therapy for Neonatal Jaundice
By: Arianna Bradley
| Published: Aug 17, 2017
Light therapy, also called phototherapy, exposes infants with jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes, to artificial or natural light to break…
TechnologyPhototherapyJaundiceKernicterusBilirubin
Endoscopic Fetoscopy
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
Endoscopic fetoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure performed during pregnancy that allows physicians to view the fetus in-utero.…
TechnologyEndoscopyFetoscopyPrenatal DiagnosisTay-Sachs Disease
Intrauterine Pressure Catheter
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
An 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)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Visualize Fetal Abnormalities
By: Dasia Garcia
| Published: Jun 21, 2017
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique to create a three-dimensional image of a fetus. Doctors often use MRIs to image a fetuses…
TechnologyMagnetic resonance imagingNuclear Magnetic ResonanceFetusDiagnostic ultrasonic imaging
The Arterial Switch Operation (1954-1975)
By: Daniella Caudle
| Published: May 27, 2017
The arterial switch operation, also called the Jatene procedure, is an operation in which surgeons redirect the flow of blood through abnormal hearts…
TechnologyJatene, AdibTransposition of Great VesselsCongenital Heart DiseaseAorta--Abnormalities
Warren Tay (1843–1927)
By: Tiffany Nardi
| Published: May 27, 2017
The arterial switch operation, also called the Jatene procedure, is an operation in which surgeons redirect the flow of blood through abnormal hearts…
TechnologyJatene, AdibTransposition of Great VesselsCongenital Heart DiseaseAorta--Abnormalities
The Sex Side of Life (1919) by Mary Ware Dennett
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: May 27, 2017
Mary Ware Dennett, an activist in the US for birth control and sex education in the early twentieth century, wrote an educational pamphlet in 1915…
TechnologyGenerative organsSexually Transmitted DiseasesLaborMenstruation
Camillo Golgi's Black Reaction for Staining Neurons
By: Isra Mishqat
| Published: May 26, 2017
In 1873 Italy, Camillo Golgi created the black reaction technique, which enabled scientists to stain and view the structure of neurons, the…
TechnologyNeuronsAxonsDendritesSilver Nitrate