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Oswald Theodore Avery (1877-1955)
By: Samantha Hauserman
| Published: Dec 12, 2013
Oswald Theodore Avery studied strains of pneumococcus of the genus Streptococcus in the US in the first half of the twentieth century. This bacterium…
Bacterial TransformationDNAHeredityPathologyImmunology
Charles Benedict Davenport (1866-1944)
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: May 12, 2011
Charles Benedict Davenport was an early twentieth-century experimental zoologist. Davenport founded both the Station for Experimental Evolution and…
PeopleEugenicsReproductionZoologypublic health
Gene Transfer Strategy Used to Treat Tay - Sachs Disease (2005), by Sabata Martino’s Research Group
By: Tiffany Nardi
| Published: Feb 21, 2017
In the early 2000s, Sabata Martino and a team of researchers in Italy and Germany showed that they could reduce the symptoms of Tay-Sachs in…
Tay-Sachs DiseaseVirus-vector relationshipsGloboid Cell LeukodystrophyGangliosidesGene Therapy
"Hybrids and Chimeras: A report on the findings of the consultation" by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in October, 2007
By: Robert Jason S., Sarah Taddeo
| Published: Nov 22, 2014
In 2007, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in London, UK, published Hybrids and Chimeras: A Report on the Findings of the Consultation…
LiteratureChimerismHuman reproductive technologyHuman CloningEmbryonic Stem Cells
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
Harry Hamilton Laughlin (1880-1943)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Dec 19, 2014
Harry Hamilton Laughlin helped lead the eugenics movement in the United States during the early twentieth century. The US eugenics movement of the…
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943American Eugenics SocietyEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Eugenics--United States--History
The Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Vertebrates
By: Dorothy Regan Haskett
| Published: Jun 27, 2016
The hedgehog signaling pathway is a mechanism that regulates cell growth and differentiation during embryonic development, called embryogenesis, in…
Drosophila melanogasterCyclopiaGenetic regulationZebra danioGenes
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
Sonja Vernes, et al.'s Experiments On the Gene Networks Affected by the Foxp2 Protein (2011)
By: Kat Fowler
| Published: May 30, 2017
In 2011, Sonja Vernes and Simon Fisher performed a series of experiments to determine which developmental processes are controlled by the mouse…
Gene regulatory networksLanguageLanguage AcquisitionNeuronsMotor ability
David Baltimore (1938– )
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Dec 27, 2017
David Baltimore studied viruses and the immune system in the US during the twentieth century. In 1975, Baltimore was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
Baltimore, DavidDNAAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome