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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strains 16 and 18
By: Grace Kim
| Published: May 04, 2017
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18 are the two most common HPV strains that lead to cases of genital cancer. HPV is the most commonly…
PapillomavirusesHuman Papilloma VirusHuman papillomavirus 16Human papillomavirus 18Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
"Safety and Immunogenicity of Tdap Immunization During Pregnancy in Mothers and Infants" (2014), by Flor M. Munoz et al
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Dec 16, 2022
In 2014, Flor M. Munoz and colleagues published “Safety and Immunogenicity of Tetanus Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Immunization During…
LiteratureTetanus in newborn infantsTetanus--VaccinationDiphtheriaWhooping Cough
Ian Hector Frazer (1953– )
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 02, 2020
Ian Hector Frazer studied the human immune system and vaccines in Brisbane, Australia, and helped invent and patent the scientific process and…
PeopleHIV infectionsHIV-positive personsHIV (Viruses)Vaccines industry
Emil von Behring (1854–1917)
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Dec 01, 2022
Emil von Behring researched treatments for the common childhood disease diphtheria in Germany in the 1890s and early 1900s. Diphtheria is a lethal…
World War, 1914-1918Diphtheria ToxinDiphtheria AntitoxinDiphtheria--PreventionDiphtheria--Vaccination
The March of Dimes Foundation
By: Ajeet Bains
| Published: May 17, 2021
The March of Dimes Foundation, or the March of Dimes, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, focused on the health of…
OrganizationsPoliomyelitisInfantile ParalysisPolioBirth Defects
Serial Cultivation of Human Diploid Cells in the Lab (1958–1961) by Leonard Hayflick and Paul S. Moorhead
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Apr 27, 2017
From 1958 to 1961, Leonard Hayflick and Paul Moorhead in the US developed a way in the laboratory to cultivate strains of human cells with complete…
MMR VaccineRubellaRubella--VaccinationFetal tissuesOncogenic Viruses
The Pasteur Institute (1887- )
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Aug 19, 2014
L'Institut Pasteur (The Pasteur Institute) is a non-profit private research institution founded by Louis Pasteur on 4 June 1887 in Paris, France. The…
OrganizationBacteriaGenetic regulationOperonsMolecular genetics
“HPV in the Etiology of Human Cancer” (2006) by Nubia Muñoz, Xavier Castellsagué, Amy Berrington de González, and Lutz Gissmann
By: Maeen Arslan
| Published: Jun 21, 2022
In 2006, the article “HPV in the Etiology of Human Cancer,” hereafter “HPV and Etiology,” by Nubia Muñoz, Xavier Castellsagué, Amy Berrington de…
LiteraturePapillomavirusesCervix uteri--CancerVaccine mandatesMouth--Cancer
HeLa Cell Line
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Sep 18, 2020
The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks…
HeLa CellsContinuous cell linesResearch EthicsInformed consent (Medical law)Cervix uteri--Cancer
George Otto Gey (1899-1970)
By: Madeleine Zheng
| Published: Mar 21, 2022
George Otto Gey was a scientist in the US who studied cells and cultivated the first continuous human cell line in 1951. Gey derived the cells for…
HeLa CellsCell MovementKB CellsCell CommunicationCulture Media, Conditioned