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“The Science and Ethics of Making Part-Human Animals in Stem Cell Biology” (2006), by Jason Scott Robert
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: May 25, 2021
In 2006, bioethicist Jason Scott Robert published “The Science and Ethics of Making Part-Human Animals in Stem Cell Biology” in The FASEB Journal.…
LiteratureGeneticsbioethicsStem Cell ResearchStem Cells
Roman v. Roman (2006)
By: Mark Zhang, Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: May 23, 2014
In the case Randy M. Roman v. Augusta N. Roman (2006), the Court of Appeals of Texas followed courts in other states and upheld the validity and…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroEmbryo DispositionEmbryo
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: May 06, 2010
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) are cells derived from non-pluripotent cells, such as adult somatic cells, that are genetically manipulated so…
LiteratureStem CellsRegeneration
Progestin: Synthetic Progesterone
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Nov 17, 2008
Progestin is a synthetic form of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, which plays an important role in the female reproductive cycle. During…
TechnologyProgesteroneReproductionContraception
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Pope John Paul II's views on abortion and embryology have been very influential to the Roman Catholic Church. He strictly forbade abortion and other…
religionReproductionCatholicismPopesAbortion
Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Laparoscopic tubal sterilization is a set of surgical techniques that use laparoscopy to render people with female reproductive systems sterile, or…
Female SterilizationReproductive SterilizationSterilization, ReproductiveReproductive System, FemaleLaparoscopy
Anencephaly
By: Jesse King
| Published: Feb 13, 2013
Anencephaly is an open neural tube defect, meaning that part of the neural tube does not properly close or that it has reopened during early…
fetal developmentFetus--AbnormalitiesBirth DefectsEmbryologyPregnancy
Shinya Yamanaka (1962- )
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Apr 07, 2011
Shinya Yamanaka gained international prominence after publishing articles detailing the successful generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells…
PeopleStem CellsBiography
Marshall Henry Klaus (1927–2017)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Jul 17, 2018
Marshall Henry Klaus was a scientist and pediatrician who studied maternal-infant bonding in the twentieth century in the United States. Maternal-…
Mother and infantMother-Infant InteractionDoulasLaborObstetrics
Dandy-Walker Syndrome
By: Alexandra Bohnenberger
| Published: Mar 02, 2017
Dandy-Walker Syndrome is a congenital brain defect in humans characterized by malformations to the cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls…
Dandy, Walter Edward, 1886-1946Walker, A. Earl (Arthur Earl), 1907-1995HydrocephalusBirth DefectsDandy-Walker Syndrome