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George Nicholas Papanicolaou (1883–1962)
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Apr 06, 2017
George Nicholas Papanicolaou developed the Pap test in the United States during the twentieth century. The Pap test is a diagnostic procedure used to…
Pap TestExfoliative cytologyCervical CancerMenstrual CycleUterine Cancer
President George W. Bush's Announcement on Stem Cells, 9 August 2001
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
On 9 August 2001, US President George W. Bush gave an eleven-minute speech from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on the ethics and fate of federal…
LiteratureStem CellsHuman Development
Cervarix HPV Vaccination Series
By: Grace Kim, Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 20, 2020
In 2011, United Kingdom pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline released Cervarix, a vaccination series protecting girls and women from two strains of…
TechnologyCervical CancerCancer VaccineCancer of the CervixVaccines
Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT)
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Sep 26, 2008
Various techniques constitute assisted reproduction, one of which is gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT). The first example of GIFT involved…
TechnologyReproduction
Mechanism of Notch Signaling
By: Cheryl Lancaster
| Published: Aug 21, 2014
Mechanism of Notch Signaling: The image depicts a type of cell signaling, in which two animal cells interact and transmit a molecular signal from o
Notch genesNotch ProteinsCellular control mechanismsdelta proteinSignal Pathways
Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903-1967)
By: Aliya Buttar
| Published: Nov 24, 2008
Gregory Goodwin Pincus, one of the original researchers responsible for the development of the first oral contraceptive pill, was born in Woodbine,…
PeopleReproductionBiographyContraception
Jane Maienschein (1950- )
By: EP Editorial Team
| Published: Oct 24, 2008
Jane Maienschein is the daughter of Joyce Kylander and Fred Maienschein, and was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on 23 September 1950. She attended…
Biographyhistoryphilosophy
California Proposition 71 (2004)
By: Ceara O'Brien
| Published: Apr 03, 2014
The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, also called Proposition 71, was a ballot initiative proposed by California voters in 2004 to…
LawStem cells--Research--Religious aspects--ChristianityStem cells--Research--Moral and ethical aspectsEmbryonic stem cells--Research--Law and legislationEmbryo Research
Harald zur Hausen's Experiments on Human Papillomavirus Causing Cervical Cancer (1976–1987)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Mar 09, 2017
From 1977 to 1987, Harald zur Hausen led a team of researchers across several institutions in Germany to investigate whether the human papillomavirus…
PapillomavirusesHuman Papilloma VirusHerpes simplex virusCervix uteri--CancerCervical Cancer
"Safety and Immunogenicity of Tdap Immunization During Pregnancy in Mothers and Infants" (2014), by Flor M. Munoz et al
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Dec 16, 2022
In 2014, Flor M. Munoz and colleagues published “Safety and Immunogenicity of Tetanus Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Immunization During…
LiteratureTetanus in newborn infantsTetanus--VaccinationDiphtheriaWhooping Cough