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Paul M. Brakefield and his research team in Leiden, the Netherlands, examined the development, plasticity, and evolution of butterfly eyespot…
ButterfliesDevelopmental BiologyPhenotypic plasticityGenotype-environment interactionEvolutionary developmental biologyDorothy Andersen studied cystic fibrosis in the United States during the early 1900s. In 1935, Andersen discovered lesions in the pancreas of an…
Celiac DiseaseCeliac disease in childrenPenicillinInduced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are studied carefully by scientists not just because they are a potential source of stem cells that…
LiteratureStem CellsPublicationsRegenerationKeith Henry Stockman Campbell studied embryo growth and cell differentiation during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the UK. In 1995,…
Campbell, Keith, 1954-2012Wilmut, IanCloningStem CellsFibroblastsBeatrice Mintz is a brilliant researcher who has developed techniques essential for many aspects of research on mouse development. She produced the…
PeopleBiographyMiceCancerAs of 2021, twenty-eight US states have informed consent laws for abortion, which is a medical procedure to terminate pregnancy, often called Women’s…
AbortionAbortion, InducedInduced AbortionInformed ConsentGynecologyIn the 1990s, Ian Wilmut, Jim McWhir, and Keith Campbell performed experiments while working at the Roslin Institute in Roslin, Scotland. Wilmut,…
CloningMolecular CloningClone CellsCampbell, Keith, 1954-2012Roslin InstituteTransposition of the great arteries or TGA is a potentially fatal congenital heart malformation where the pulmonary artery and the aorta are switched…
Transposition of Great VesselsMustard, William T., 1914-1987Congenital Heart DiseaseSenning OperationWilliam Thornton Mustard was a surgeon in Canada during the twentieth century who developed surgical techniques to treat children who had congenital…
PoliomyelitisTransposition of Great VesselsHemolytic AnemiaBlood GroupsBlood CellsThe International Eugenics Congresses consisted of three scientific meetings held in London, England, in 1912 and at the American Museum of Natural…
OrganizationEugenics--United States--HistoryEugenicsNazisNegative Eugenics