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St. Augustine (354-430)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
St. Augustine of Hippo, born Aurelius Augustinus to a respectable family in the year 354 CE, is now considered one of the foremost theologians in the…
PeoplereligionBiographyCatholicismFetus
David Phillip Vetter (1971–1984)
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Aug 01, 2024
David Phillip Vetter was born with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disorder, or X-SCID, and spent most of his life in an isolated sterile…
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency DiseasesX-Linked SCIDSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyBone Marrow--TransplantationAutoimmune Diseases
Asilomar Conference (1975)
By: Abigail Cave
| Published: Jul 09, 2024
In February 1975, leading biology researchers and lawyers participated in what became known as the Asilomar Conference, a meeting to discuss and…
Genetic recombinationRecombinant DNARecombinant DNA VaccinesBioethical IssuesBiohazard Containment
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (2006– )
By: Samantha Harker
| Published: Aug 04, 2025
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, or ASAN, is a non-profit organization, based in Washington, D.C., that is operated by and for autistic…
Autism spectrum disordersHealth InequitiesAutismAutism research
Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)
By: Grace Fitzgerald
| Published: Aug 01, 2022
As of 2022, Trisomy 21 is the most common type of trisomy, or a condition where the person has three instead of the normal two copies of one of the…
Genetic DisordersGenetic disorders in childrenGenetic disorders in pregnancyGenetic disorders--DiagnosisDown syndrome
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
Jérôme Lejeune (1926−1994)
By: Maeen Arslan, Grace Fitzgerald
| Published: Aug 19, 2021
Jérôme Lejeune was a French physician and researcher who studied genetics and developmental disorders. According to the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, in…
Down syndromeMongolismKaryotypeGenetic ScreeningGenetic Concepts
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
In the 2014 case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the US Supreme Court ruled that the contraceptive mandate promulgated under the Patient Protection and…
LawUnited States. Supreme CourtContraceptionEmployer-sponsored health insuranceEmployer-sponsored health insurance--Law and legislation
Plan B: Emergency Contraceptive Pill
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Sep 04, 2008
Plan B is a progestin-only emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) that can be taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected sex in order to prevent an…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive Rights
Thomas Joseph King Jr. (1921-2000)
By: Sean Cohmer
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
Thomas Joseph King Jr. was a developmental biologist who, with fellow scientist Robert Briggs, pioneered a method of transplanting nuclei from…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationCancer