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Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880-1958)
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 10, 2008
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 October 1880 to Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a suffragist, and Henry Stopes…
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The Effectiveness of Phototherapy in Premature Infants (1968)
By: Arianna Bradley
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
In 1968, pediatric researchers Jerold Lucey, Mario Ferreiro, and Jean Hewitt conducted an experimental trial that determined that exposure to light…
PhototherapyJaundiceKernicterusBilirubinHyperbilirubinemia
Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 25, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller studied the effects of x-ray radiation on genetic material in the US during the twentieth century. At that time, scientists had…
Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutation
Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941)
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 16, 2010
Ernest Everett Just was an early twentieth century American experimental embryologist involved in research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)…
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Adolf Ziegler
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 10, 2009
The scientific field of embryology experienced great growth in scope and direction in Germany from approximately 1850 to 1920. During this time,…
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Neurocristopathies
By: M. Elizabeth Barnes
| Published: Sep 19, 2014
Neurocristopathies are a class of pathologies in vertebrates, including humans, that result from abnormal expression, migration, differentiation, or…
CellsVertebratesdevelopmentCleft PalateAlbinism
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (1930- )
By: Brad Jacobson
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin was one of the first progressive female pioneers of developmental and embryological research. Some of her most notable and…
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The Interpretation of Development and Heredity (1930), by Edward Stuart Russell
By: Mark A. Ulett
| Published: Jan 31, 2011
First published in 1930 and reprinted in 1972, Edward Stuart Russell's The Interpretation of Development and Heredity is a work of philosophical and…
LiteratureHeredityPublications
Gender-affirming Mastectomy
By: Riley McInnis
| Published: Nov 10, 2022
Gender-affirming mastectomy is a type of surgery that removes breast tissue, tightens the skin, and can adjust nipple placement to provide the…
TechnologyTransgender menTransgender youthTransgender ChildrenTransphobia
Sheldon Clark Reed (1910-2003)
By: Cassidy Possehl
| Published: Jun 10, 2017
Sheldon Clark Reed helped establish the profession of genetic counseling in the US during the twentieth century. In 1947 Reed coined the term genetic…
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