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The Roslin Institute (1993- )
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Sep 29, 2014
The Roslin Institute was established in 1993 in the village of Roslin, Scotland, as an independent research center by the Biotechnology and…
OrganizationCloningGenetic EngineeringHuman CloningOrganizations
Carol Widney Greider (1961-)
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Jan 26, 2015
Carol Widney Greider studied telomeres and telomerase in the US at the turn of the twenty-first century. She worked primarily at the University of…
Greider, Carol W.Women Nobel Prize winnersNobel Prize winnersTelomeraseTelomere
Ian Wilmut (1944- )
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
British embryologist Sir Ian Wilmut, best known for his work in the field of animal genetic engineering and the successful cloning of sheep, was born…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationGenetic Engineering
Ian Wilmut (1944- )
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
British embryologist Sir Ian Wilmut, best known for his work in the field of animal genetic engineering and the successful cloning of sheep, was born…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationGenetic Engineering
"On the Permanent Life of Tissues outside of the Organism" (1912), by Alexis Carrel
By: Lijing Jiang
| Published: May 06, 2012
'On the Permanent Life of Tissues outside of the Organism' reports Alexis Carrel's 1912 experiments on the maintenance of tissue in culture media. At…
Tissue cultureStem CellsStem cells--ResearchEmbryologyGerm Cells
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Jan 28, 2014
The concept Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) refers to a set of birth defects that occur in children born to mothers who abused alcohol during pregnancy…
fetal alcohol syndromeAbnormalities, HumanCentral Nervous SystemalcoholPregnancy
The Effects of Bisphenol A on Embryonic Development
By: Tristan Cooper-Roth
| Published: Sep 07, 2010
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound that was first synthesized by Aleksandr Dianin, a Russian chemist from St. Petersburg, in 1891. The chemical…
bisphenol AReproductionHormonesHuman Development
Robert Geoffrey Edwards (1925-2013)
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Jun 20, 2011
Robert Geoffrey Edwards worked with Patrick Christopher Steptoe to develop in-vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques during the 1960s and 1970s in the…
PeopleFertilization in VitroReproductionBiographyFertilization
Asilomar Conference (1975)
By: Abigail Cave
| Published: Jul 09, 2024
In February 1975, leading biology researchers and lawyers participated in what became known as the Asilomar Conference, a meeting to discuss and…
Genetic recombinationRecombinant DNARecombinant DNA VaccinesBioethical IssuesBiohazard Containment
Cerebral Organoid as a Model System in the Study of Microcephaly
By: Dasia Garcia
| Published: May 12, 2017
Scientists use cerebral organoids, which are artificially produced miniature organs that represent embryonic or fetal brains and have many properties…
TechnologyMicrocephalyBrainNeuronsBrain--Diseases--Animal models