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Telomerase in Human Development
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Mar 23, 2015
Telomerase is an enzyme that regulates the lengths of telomeres in the cells of many organisms, and in humans it begins to function int the early…
TelomeraseTelomereDNAMolecular BiologySomatic embryogenesis
Copper Intrauterine Device (IUD)
By: Victoria Higginbotham
| Published: Jul 05, 2018
The copper intrauterine device, or IUD, is a long-term, reversible contraceptive first introduced by Howard Tatum and Jamie Zipper in 1967. Health…
ContraceptivesCopper intrauterine contraceptivesDalkon Shield (Intrauterine contraceptive)Levonorgestrel intrauterine contraceptivesNorgestrel
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard (1942- )
By: May Catherine, Jack Resnik
| Published: Feb 16, 2012
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard studied how genes control embryonic development in flies and in fish in Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first…
DrosophilaEmbryologyGenesMorphogenesisRNA polymerases
40 Weeks (2014)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Jan 30, 2019
In 2014, Big Belli, a media and social networking brand, released a documentary called 40 Weeks online. The documentary, directed by Christopher…
LiteraturePregnancyConceptionLabor (Obstetrics)Prenatal influences
Body Worlds
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Nov 27, 2012
Body Worlds is an exhibition featuring plastinates, human bodies that have been preserved using a plastination process. First displayed in 1995 in…
OrganizationPlastinationHuman bodyAnatomical museumsHuman Anatomy
Torsten Wiesel (1924– )
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Sep 13, 2017
Torsten Nils Wiesel studied visual information processing and development in the US during the twentieth century. He performed multiple experiments…
VisionVisual pathwaysNobel Prize winnersNeural networks (Neurobiology)Neural Receptors
“Spiritual Midwifery” (2003), by Ina May Gaskin
By: Megan O’Reilly
| Published: Feb 14, 2021
In 1976, midwife Ina May Gaskin published Spiritual Midwifery, with other editions published in 1980, 1990, and 2003. Spiritual Midwifery is a book…
LiteratureMidwifery in literatureMidwiferyMidwivesMidwife
Neonatal Jaundice
By: Arianna Bradley
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
Neonatal jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes due to elevated bilirubin levels in the bloodstream of a newborn. Bilirubin is a…
Jaundice, NeonatalHyperbilirubinemia, NeonatalErythroblastosis FetalisPhototherapyChildren's Hospital Medical Center (Boston, Mass.)
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
By: Kristin Bolfert
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, the Netherlands, on 24 October 1632 to Margriet Jacobsdochter van den Berch and Philips Thooniszoon, both…
BiographyMicroscopy
“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