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The Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Mar 30, 2017
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was created by Maurice Hilleman in 1971 at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research, a…
TechnologyMMR VaccineViral vaccinesCombined VaccinesRubella
Gardasil HPV Vaccination Series
By: Alexis Darby, Grace Kim
| Published: Jul 30, 2021
In 2006, United States pharmaceutical company Merck released the Gardasil vaccination series, which protected recipients against four strains of…
TechnologyHPV VaccinePapillomavirus InfectionsCervical CancerGenital Warts
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Apr 16, 2022
TechnologyCervical CancerCancerCervixUterine Cervical Neoplasms
Cervarix HPV Vaccination Series
By: Grace Kim, Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 20, 2020
In 2011, United Kingdom pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline released Cervarix, a vaccination series protecting girls and women from two strains of…
TechnologyCervical CancerCancer VaccineCancer of the CervixVaccines
Equilibrium Density Gradient Centrifugation in Cesium Chloride Solutions Developed by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl
By: Victoria Hernandez
| Published: Dec 19, 2017
Matthew Meselson, Franklin Stahl, and Jerome Vinograd, developed cesium chloride, or CsCl, density gradient centrifugation in the 1950s at the…
TechnologyDNA ReplicationDNA replication--RegulationCentrifugation, Density GradientOrganonitrogen compounds
Radioimmunoassay
By: Jennifer R. Craer
| Published: Oct 11, 2013
Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a technique in which researchers use radioactive isotopes as traceable tags to quantify specific biochemical substances…
TechnologyImmunoassayRadioimmunoassayBiochemistryBinding sites (Biochemistry)
MicroSort
By: Alysse Blight
| Published: Jul 09, 2019
"MicroSort, developed in 1990 by the Genetics and IVF Institute, is a form of pre-conception sex selection technology for humans. Laboratories…
Technologyin vitroFertilization in vitro, HumanFertilization in VitroSperm donors
The Dalkon Shield
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jan 10, 2018
The Dalkon Shield was an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) that women used in the early 1970s and 1980s. Produced by the A.H. Robins Company in…
TechnologyDalkon Shield (Intrauterine contraceptive)Intrauterine contraceptivesCopper intrauterine contraceptivesContraceptives
Recombinant Gonadotropins Used in Fertility Treatments
By: Alison Lane
| Published: Oct 26, 2020
First manufactured in 1988 by Serono laboratories, recombinant gonadotropins are synthetic hormones that can stimulate egg production in women for…
TechnologyRecombination, GeneticGenetic recombination--ResearchLuteinizing HormoneGonadotropin