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By: Brad Jacobson | Published: Nov 17, 2010

Nicole Marthe Le Douarin was one of the first progressive female pioneers of developmental and embryological research. Some of her most notable and…

By: Inbar Maayan | Published: Mar 03, 2011

Theodor Boveri investigated the mechanisms of heredity. He developed the chromosomal theory of inheritance and the idea of chromosomal individuality…

By: Karen Wellner | Published: Jun 10, 2009

The scientific field of embryology experienced great growth in scope and direction in Germany from approximately 1850 to 1920. During this time,…

By: Olivia Conley | Published: Jun 24, 2010

Lennart Nilsson is a world-renowned photojournalist recognized for his exploratory images of the inside of the human body. Throughout his career,…

By: Mary E. Sunderland | Published: Jun 10, 2010

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is a Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah School of Medicine and is also a Howard Hughes…

By: Ke Wu | Published: Jan 19, 2011

John D. Gearhart is a renowned American developmental geneticist best known for leading the Johns Hopkins University research team that first…

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Feb 29, 2008

Father Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church's pro-life movement, has devoted his life's work to ending abortion, euthanasia,…

By: Giavonna A. Goodman | Published: Nov 01, 2011

Carl Gottfried Hartman researched the reproductive physiology of opossums and rhesus monkeys. He was the first to extensively study the embryology…