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By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Feb 29, 2008

Alexis Carrel was a doctor and researcher who studied tissue cultures. He continued Ross Granville Harrison's research and produced many…

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Jun 10, 2010

Pope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy, to Virginia and Filippo Pacelli. Known for his oft-…

By: Karen Wellner | Published: Jun 28, 2010

Benjamin Harrison Willier is considered one of the most versatile embryologists to have ever practiced in the US. His research spanned most of the…

By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Feb 29, 2008

Johannes Holtfreter made important discoveries about the properties of the organizer discovered by Hans Spemann. Although he spent much time away…

By: Maria Doty | Published: May 09, 2011

Hilde Mangold, previously Hilde Proescholdt, was a German embryologist and physiologist who became well known for research completed with Hans…

By: Ellen M. DuPont | Published: Jul 10, 2008

Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 October 1880 to Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a suffragist, and Henry Stopes…

By: Karen Wellner | Published: Jul 22, 2009

Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an…

By: Kathleen O'Connor | Published: May 11, 2011

Albert William Liley advanced the science of fetal physiology and the techniques of life-saving in utero blood transfusions for fetuses with Rh…