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Days for Girls (2008– )
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jun 30, 2021
In 2008, Celeste Mergens founded the organization Days for Girls to address obstacles impeding women’s and girls’ access to sustainable hygiene and…
OrganizationMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
"Human Toxoplasmosis: Occurrence in Infants as an Encephalomyelitis Verification of Transmission to Animals" (1939), by Abner Wolf et al.
By: Jesse Potestas
| Published: Jun 11, 2015
In a series of experiments during mid 1930s, a team of researchers in New York helped establish that bacteria of the species Toxoplasma gondii can…
ToxoplasmosisColumbia UniversityCongenital ToxoplasmosisEncephalomyelitisInfection
“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
Camillo Golgi (1843–1926)
By: Isra Mishqat
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
Camillo Golgi studied the central nervous system during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Italy, and he developed a staining…
Nerve TissueGolgi ApparatusSilver NitrateNervous SystemNobel Prize winners
Jérôme Lejeune (1926−1994)
By: Maeen Arslan, Grace Fitzgerald
| Published: Aug 19, 2021
Jérôme Lejeune was a French physician and researcher who studied genetics and developmental disorders. According to the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, in…
Down syndromeMongolismKaryotypeGenetic ScreeningGenetic Concepts
Harvey Leroy Karman (1924–2008)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
Harvey Karman was an abortionist, inventor, and activist for safe abortion techniques in the US during the twentieth century. Karman developed the…
AbortionMenstrual regulationReproductive RightsLate-term abortionInternational Planned Parenthood Federation
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Jul 05, 2014
Barbara McClintock worked on genetics in corn (maize) plants and spent most of her life conducting research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in…
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCornDNA Transposable Elements
Mammography
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Mar 25, 2018
Mammography or mastography is an imaging technology used in the twentieth century for the detection of breast cancer and other breast abnormalities.…
TechnologyTomosynthesisBreast--RadiographyMammographyBreast--Cancer--Imaging--Congresses
Edwin Carlyle (Carl) Wood (1929–2011)
By: Whitney Alexandra Tuoti
| Published: Apr 01, 2021
Edwin Carlyle Wood, also known as Carl Wood, was a physician who helped develop in vitro fertilization, or IVF, treatments. From 1964 to 1992, Wood…
EmbryologyEmbryogenesisZygotesEmbryo TransferHuman embryo
Adolf Ziegler
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 10, 2009
The scientific field of embryology experienced great growth in scope and direction in Germany from approximately 1850 to 1920. During this time,…
PeopleZiegler, Adolf, 1820-BiographyModels