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“HeLa Cells 50 Years On: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” (2002), by John R. Masters
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: May 02, 2021
Published in 2002, prostate cancer researcher John R. Masters authored a review article HeLa Cells 50 Years On: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly that…
LiteratureCell linesContinuous cell linesGerm CellsSurface contamination
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
Sterilization Act of 1924
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 14, 2011
The passage of the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 demonstrates how science has been used to drive policy throughout history. In the case of the…
LawEugenicsReproductionpublic health
Thesis: Surviving Cervical Cancer: A History of Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Mar 22, 2021
This thesis answers the following question: How does the history of cervical cancer show that prevention helps reduce rates of cancer-related deaths…
Cervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerCancerHistory of MedicineMedicine, History
The Food and Drug Administration’s Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (2014)
By: Caroline Meek
| Published: Apr 29, 2019
In 2014, the United States Food and Drug Administration published the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule to amend previous guidelines for the…
LawDrugs--LabelingDrugs--Labeling--Law and legislationTeratogenic agentsFetus--Effect of drugs on
"Congenital Cataract following German Measles in the Mother" (1941), by Norman McAlister Gregg
By: Lindsey O'Connell
| Published: Dec 31, 2013
In Australia in the 1940s, Norman McAlister Gregg observed a connection between pregnant women who contracted the rubella virus, or German measles,…
LiteratureCataract in childrenRubellaRubella in pregnancyRubella virus
“Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy” (1999), by Gillian Thomas
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 09, 2020
On 15 April 1999, physician Gillian Thomas published the editorial “Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy…
LiteratureCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerPelvisPapillomaviruses
George Herbert Hitchings (1905–1998)
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jun 25, 2024
George Herbert Hitchings researched and developed medications that targeted specific parts of DNA replication processes to treat cancers and various…
Nucleoside analogDNA ReplicationDrug DevelopmentAcyclovirPharmacology
Nancy Goodman Brinker (1946– )
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Dec 12, 2017
Nancy Goodman Brinker founded the largest breast cancer organization in the US, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, during the twentieth century. In 1982,…
Breast CancerBreast--Cancer--TreatmentBreast--Cancer--Treatment--Social aspectsNational Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943)
By: Corey Harbison
| Published: Feb 17, 2017
Karl Landsteiner studied blood types in Europe and in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Landsteiner won the…
Rh factorRhesus MonkeyBlood GroupsBlood CellsBlood Transfusions