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Recombinant Gonadotropins Used in Fertility Treatments
By: Alison Lane
| Published: Oct 26, 2020
First manufactured in 1988 by Serono laboratories, recombinant gonadotropins are synthetic hormones that can stimulate egg production in women for…
TechnologyRecombination, GeneticGenetic recombination--ResearchLuteinizing HormoneGonadotropin
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861–1949)
By: Nicole Erjavic
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In the late nineteenth century, August Karl Gustav Bier was a surgeon in Germany who studied spinal cord anesthesia, later called spinal block. Bier…
Spinal anesthesiaHyperemiaSpine--PunctureLumbar PunctureAnesthesia, Regional
“Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated with a Trial of Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery” (2004), Mark B. Landon et al.
By: Claire Elise Grayson
| Published: Aug 08, 2017
In 2004 Mark Landon and his colleagues in the United States published “Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated with a Trial of Labor after Prior…
LiteratureVaginal Birth after CesareanCesarean SectionUterine RuptureTrial of Labor
Corpus Callosum Defects Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Sep 07, 2010
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) can result in a continuum of developmental abnormalities that are highly variable depending on the severity,…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman DevelopmentFetus
Diprosopus (Craniofacial Duplication)
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Aug 16, 2011
Diprosopus is a congenital defect also known as craniofacial duplication. The exact description of diprosopus refers to a fetus with a single trunk,…
Craniofacial AbnormalitiesReproductionFetusCongenital Disorders
"Drama of Life Before Birth" (1965), by Life Magazine and Lennart Nilsson
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 30, 2010
Life Magazine's 1965 cover story "Drama of Life Before Birth" featured photographs of embryos and fetuses taken by Swedish photojournalist Lennart…
LiteratureFetusPublicationsReproductionHuman Development
History of the Monash IVF Research Program from 1971 to 1989
By: Whitney Alexandra Tuoti
| Published: Sep 14, 2020
In 1971, a group of researchers founded the Monash IVF Research Program with the mission to discover how in vitro fertilization, or IVF, techniques…
OrganizationFertilization in VitroFertilization in vitro, HumanFertilization in vitro, Human--Moral and ethical aspectsMicropropagation
Telomeres and Telomerase in Cellular Aging (Senescence)
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Feb 11, 2015
Telomeres are sequences of DNA on the ends of chromosomes that protect chromosomes from sticking to each other or tangling, which could cause…
TelomeraseGreider, Carol W.Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyAgingDNA
"Selective Growth Stimulating Effects of Mouse Sarcoma on the Sensory and Sympathetic Nervous System of the Chick Embryo" (1951), by Rita Levi-Montalcini and Viktor Hamburger
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
In "Selective Growth Stimulating Effects of Mouse Sarcoma on the Sensory and Sympathetic Nervous System of the Chick Embryo," Rita Levi-Montalcini…
Chick EmbryoExperimentsChicksMice
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