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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
In the 1989 case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Missouri law regulating abortion…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Edward Donnall Thomas (1920-2012)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
Edward Donnall Thomas, an American physician and scientist, gained recognition in the scientific community for conducting the first bone marrow…
Stem CellsBiographyRegeneration
Amniocentesis Prior to 1980
By: Kristin Kelley
| Published: Sep 02, 2010
The extraembryonic membranes that surround and originate from the embryos of vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, and mammals are crucial to their…
AmniocentesisReproductionFetus
John von Neumann (1903-1957)
By: Julia Damerow
| Published: Jun 22, 2010
John von Neumann was a Hungarian mathematician who made important contributions to mathematics, physics, computer science, and the area of artificial…
PeopleReproductionBiography
Arthur Earl Walker (1907-1995)
By: Alexandra Bohnenberger
| Published: Mar 07, 2017
Arthur Earl Walker was a medical researcher and physician who studied the brain and neurosurgery in the United States during the twentieth century.…
NeurologyBrain--Ventricles--SurgeryJohns Hopkins HospitalJohns Hopkins Hospital. Department of MedicineDandy-Walker Syndrome
Oviraptor philoceratops Dinosaurs
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Feb 11, 2015
Oviraptor philoceratops was a small bird-like dinosaur that lived about seventy-five million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. In 1923,…
OviraptorDinosaurs--EggsNatural history museumsPaleobiologyEvolutionary paleobiology
“Causes of Death Among Stillbirths” (2011), by Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network Writing Group
By: Ajeet Bains
| Published: Jun 10, 2021
In December 2011, the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network, or SCRN, published the article “Causes of Death Among Stillbirths” in The Journal of…
LiteratureFetal deathPregnancy--ComplicationsHealth and raceStillbirth
The Arterial Switch Operation (1954-1975)
By: Daniella Caudle
| Published: May 27, 2017
The arterial switch operation, also called the Jatene procedure, is an operation in which surgeons redirect the flow of blood through abnormal hearts…
TechnologyJatene, AdibTransposition of Great VesselsCongenital Heart DiseaseAorta--Abnormalities
Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 25, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller studied the effects of x-ray radiation on genetic material in the US during the twentieth century. At that time, scientists had…
Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutation
“Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma” (1996), by John A. Morris, Jr. et al.
By: Claire Elise Grayson
| Published: Aug 08, 2017
In the May 1996 edition of The Annals of Surgery, John A. Morris and his collaborators published “Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma…
LiteratureCesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryDelivery (Obstetrics)Obstetrics--Surgery