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Wilhelm August Oscar Hertwig contributed to embryology through his studies of cells in development and his discovery that only one spermatozoon is…
PeopleFertilizationBiographySpermOvaMary-Claire King studied genetics in the US in the twenty-first century. King identified two genes associated with the occurrence of breast cancer,…
GeneticsBreast--Cancer--SusceptibilityBreast--Cancer--Prognosis--Statistical methods--CongressesBreast--Cancer--ResearchDNA fingerprintingMitochondrial diseases in humans result when the small organelles called mitochondria, which exist in all human cells, fail to function normally. The…
Mitochondrial pathologyMitochondriaCell organellesCell nuclei--TransplantationReproductive technologyIn November 1998, two independent reports were published concerning the first isolation of pluripotent human stem cells, one of which was "Derivation…
LiteratureStem CellsPublicationsFriedrich Leopold August Weismann published Das Keimplasma: eine Theorie der Vererbung (The Germ-Plasm: a Theory of Heredity, hereafter The Germ-…
LiteratureWeismann, August, 1834-1914. Keimplasma. EnglishGerm CellsHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersWritten, produced, and directed by Toby Mcdonald, the 2005 National Geographic Channel film In the Womb uses the most recent technology to provide an…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentReproductionMoviesFetusEstrogen plays a key role in the regulation of gene transcription. This is accomplished by its ability to act as a ligand and to bind to specific…
DiethylstilbestrolEstrogenHuman DevelopmentRobert William Briggs was a prolific developmental biologist. However, he is most identified with the first successful cloning of a frog by nuclear…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesNuclear TransplantationBiographyThe Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) documentary Life's Greatest Miracle (abbreviated Miracle, available at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentReproductionMoviesFetal surgeries are a range of medical interventions performed in utero on the developing fetus of a pregnant woman to treat a number of congenital…
Fetus--SurgeryFetoscopyUltrasonics in obstetricsPregnancyEndoscopy