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"CRISPR /Cas9-mediated Gene Editing in Human Tripronuclear Zygotes" (2015), by Junjiu Huang et al.
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Nov 08, 2017
In 2015, Junjiu Huang and his colleagues reported their attempt to enable CRISPR/cas 9-mediated gene editing in nonviable human zygotes for the first…
LiteratureDoudna, Jennifer A.Charpentier, Emmanuelle, 1968-Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCRISPR-Cas Systems
Homeobox Genes and the Homeobox
By: Brad Jacobson
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
Homeobox genes are a cluster of regulatory genes that are spatially and temporally expressed during early embryological development. They are…
Homeobox genesGenes, HomeoboxGenetics
Walter Jakob Gehring (1939-2014)
By: Joe Brinkman
| Published: Dec 22, 2014
Walter Jakob Gehring discovered the homeobox, a DNA segment found in a specific cluster of genes that determine the body plan of animals, plants, and…
Homeobox genesDrosophilaGeneticsGenesGenes, Homeobox
The Discovery of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: May 09, 2011
The term Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) was first published in 1973 in an article published in the British medical journal The Lancet. In that article…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development
“The Prophylactic Forceps Operation” (1920), by Joseph Bolivar DeLee
By: Alexis Darby, Sierra Hope Jones
| Published: Apr 18, 2021
In 1920, Joseph Bolivar DeLee published the article, “The Prophylactic Forceps Operation,” in which he describes how physicians can manually remove a…
LiteratureMedicine--United States--HistoryMedicine--History--20th centuryChildbirthChildbirth at home
Michael D. West (1953- )
By: Lijing Jiang
| Published: Jun 23, 2010
Michael D. West is a biomedical entrepreneur and investigator whose aim has been to extend human longevity with biomedical interventions. His focus…
PeopleStem CellsBiographyRegeneration
Osborne Overton Heard (1890-1983)
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 28, 2010
Osborne O. Heard was a noted Carnegie embryological model maker for the Department of Embryology at The Carnegie Institute of Washington (CIW),…
PeopleCarnegie Institution of WashingtonBiographyModels
Study of Fossilized Massospondylus Dinosaur Embryos from South Africa (1978-2012)
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
In 1978, James Kitching discovered two dinosaur embryos in a road-cut talus at Roodraai (Red Bend) in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South…
ContextDinosaursDinosaurs--EggsMassospondylus carinatusMassospondylus
The Use of Morphine and Scopolamine to Induce Twilight Sleep
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: May 02, 2019
In 1907, researchers Bernhardt Kronig and Carl Gauss combined the drugs morphine and scopolamine to induce twilight sleep in women during childbirth…
MorphineScopolamineAnesthesia AdjuvantsAnesthesiaLabor (Obstetrics)
“Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma” (1996), by John A. Morris, Jr. et al.
By: Claire Elise Grayson
| Published: Aug 08, 2017
In the May 1996 edition of The Annals of Surgery, John A. Morris and his collaborators published “Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma…
LiteratureCesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryDelivery (Obstetrics)Obstetrics--Surgery