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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 RightsBernard Nathanson was an obstetrician and gynecologist in New York City, New York, who argued for, and later against, women's rights to abortion.…
PeopleObstetriciansGynecologistsAbortionUltrasonics in obstetricsJames Alexander Thomson, affectionately known as Jamie Thomson, is an American developmental biologist whose pioneering work in isolating and…
PeopleThomson, James A., Dr.Stem CellsBiographySpina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spines of developing fetuses and infants, and research in the 20th century indicated that chemicals…
Agent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaNeural tube--AbnormalitiesSpinal cord--AbnormalitiesMaking Visible Embryos is a 2008 online exhibition of embryos authored and designed by Tatjana Buklijaz and Nick Hopwood who work in the Department…
OrganizationOrganizationsEducationAlmost ten years after the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) the battle over abortion was still being waged. The reproductive rights of women…
LawReproductionAbortionReproductive RightsIn the early twentieth century, scientists and agriculturalists collected plants in greenhouses, botanical gardens, and fields. Seed collection…
ContextGermplasm resources, PlantGermplasm resources, Plant--StorageAgrobiodiversityCropsThe birth control pill, more commonly known as "the pill" is a form of contraception taken daily in pill form and consisting of synthetic hormones…
ContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsPope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, made considerable contributions to the Roman Catholic approach to embryology by condemning several…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopesIn 1954 Max Delbruck published On the Replication of Desoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) to question the semi-conservative DNA replication mechanism…
LiteratureHolmes, Frederic LawrenceMeselson, MatthewStahl, Franklin W.Watson, James D., 1928-