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Davis v. Davis (1992)
By: Mark Zhang, Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: Oct 17, 2013
In Davis v. Davis (1992), the Supreme Court of Tennessee decided a dispute over cryopreserved preembryos in favor of Junior Lewis Davis, who sought…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroAmerican Fertility SocietyConception
Hormone Releasing Intrauterine Devices
By: Victoria Higginbotham
| Published: Jun 03, 2019
Hormone releasing intrauterine devices or hormonal IUDs are contraceptive devices placed in a woman’s uterus to prevent pregnancy by continuously…
TechnologyIntrauterine contraceptivesLevonorgestrel intrauterine contraceptivesCopper intrauterine contraceptivesProducts liability--Contraceptive drug implants
Albert William Liley (1929–1983)
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…
ReproductionBiographyFetus
“The Social and Psychological Impact of Endometriosis on Women’s Lives: A Critical Narrative Review” (2013), by Lorraine Culley, Caroline Law, Nicky Hudson, Elaine Denny, Helene Mitchell, Miriam Baumgarten, and Nicholas Raine-Fenning
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Dec 02, 2020
In “The Social and Psychological Impact of Endometriosis on Women’s Lives: A Critical Narrative Review,” hereafter “Social and Psychological Impact…
LiteratureEndometriosisGynecologic pathologyUrogynecologyGynecologic Surgery
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics (1924), by Paul Kammerer
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics is a book published in 1924, written by Paul Kammerer, who studied developmental biology in Vienna,…
LiteratureInheritance of acquired charactersEvolution (Biology)adaptationsLaboratory animals--Breeding--Experiments
Dysmenorrhea as a Menstrual Disorder
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jul 21, 2021
Dysmenorrhea refers to painful menstrual bleeding and often includes symptoms such as cramps in the lower abdominal region, pain radiating down to…
BelladonnaDysmenorrheaWomen's health servicesReproductive HealthMenstruation, Painful
Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943)
By: Corey Harbison
| Published: Feb 17, 2017
Karl Landsteiner studied blood types in Europe and in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Landsteiner won the…
Rh factorRhesus MonkeyBlood GroupsBlood CellsBlood Transfusions
“Congenital Heart Disease in Patients with Turner’s Syndrome” (1998), by Laura Mazzanti, Emanuele Cacciari, and the Italian Study Group for Turner Syndrome
By: Megha Pillai
| Published: Jun 25, 2024
In 1998, researchers Laura Mazzanti and Emanuele Cacciari published “Congenital Heart Disease in Patients with Turner’s Syndrome,” hereafter “…
Turner SyndromeTurner’s syndromeHeart Defects Congenital Heart DefectsGenetic Diseases
Roe v. Wade (1973)
By: Sharaden Seward, Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jul 03, 2018
In the 1973 case of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning abortion violated the US Constitution. The Texas abortion laws,…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
A Series of YouTube Videos Detailing the “CRISPR Babies” Experiment (2018), by He Jiankui
By: Risa Aria Schnebly, Brianna Ellis
| Published: Jul 31, 2021
In 2018, He Jiankui uploaded a series of videos to a YouTube channel titled “The He Lab” that detailed one of the first instances of a successful…
Literaturegene editingGenome EditingCRISPR (Genetics)CRISPR-associated protein 9