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Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization (1913), by Jacques Loeb
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 15, 2010
Jacques Loeb is best known for his embryological work investigating parthenogenesis in invertebrates. Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization is…
LiteratureParthenogenesisPublicationsFertilization
“How Colonization by Microbiota in Early Life Shapes the Immune System” (2016), by Thomas Gensollen, Shankar S. Iyer, Dennis L. Kasper, Richard S. Blumberg
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Aug 21, 2024
In 2016, researcher Thomas Gensollen and colleagues published “How Colonization by Microbiota in Early Life Shapes the Immune System,” hereafter, “…
MicrobiotaImmune SystemImmune ResponseImmune System DisordersMicrobiomes
“Effect of Vaginal Sildenafil on the Outcome of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) After Multiple IVF Failures Attributed to Poor Endometrial Development” (2002), by Geoffrey Sher and Jeffrey Fisch
By: Alison Lane
| Published: Dec 22, 2020
Researchers Geoffrey Sher and Jeffrey Fisch gave Viagra, also known as sildenafil, to women undergoing fertility treatment to test whether the…
Fertility clinicsFertility, HumanHuman embryo--TransplantationEmbryo TransferSildenafil Citrate
Oregon State Board of Eugenics
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Apr 22, 2013
In 1917 the Oregon State Legislature, in Salem, Oregon, passed a bill titled, 'To Prevent Procreation of Certain Classes in Oregon.' Passage of the…
OrganizationEugenicsOregonInvoluntary SterilizationSterilization (Birth control)
Kass v. Kass (1998)
By: Mark Zhang, Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: Nov 01, 2013
In Maureen Kass v. Steven Kass (1998), the Court of Appeals of New York in Albany, New York, ruled that the state should generally consider IVF…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroInformed consent (Medical law)Surrogate mothers
John George Children (1777–1852)
By: Brittany Kaminsky
| Published: Mar 25, 2018
John George Children described several species of insects and animals while working at the British Museum in London, England, in the eighteenth and…
Electric batteriesPythons
Sexology (1904) by William Henry Walling
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jul 12, 2021
In 1904, physician William Henry Walling published Sexology, a family medicine reference book. In his book, Walling proposed that his guidance would…
LiteratureMasturbationCoitus interruptusSexSexology
Eugen Steinach (1861–1944)
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna, Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Feb 16, 2017
Eugen Steinach researched sex hormones and their effects on mammals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Europe. He experimented…
Hormones, SexGenerative organsGenital OrgansGonadal Steroid HormonesTesticular Hormones
Nelson v. Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson (1973)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 13, 2016
The 1973 case Nelson v. Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson established the legality of abortion in Arizona. The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that…
LawPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaBirth control clinicsAbortionAbortion--Law and legislation
Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater (1909–1985)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 13, 2016
Margaret Goldwater advocated for birth control and reproductive rights in the United States during the twentieth century. Goldwater was a socialite…
Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionDiaphragms, VaginalAbortion