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The development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…
TechnologyUltrasonographyReproductionmedicineHuman DevelopmentIn 1927, the US Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell set the legal precedent that states may sterilize inmates of public institutions because the court…
LawEugenicsConstitutional courtsSterilization (Birth control)Involuntary SterilizationCystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal, inherited disease found in humans and characterized by buildup of thick, sticky mucus, particularly in the…
Cystic FibrosisGeneticsDiseasesHans Adolf Eduard Driesch was a late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century philosopher and developmental biologist. In the spring of 1891 Driesch…
ExperimentsPublicationsSea UrchinsEdward Drinker Cope studied fossils and anatomy in the US in the late nineteenth century. Based on his observations of skeletal morphology, Cope…
PeopleBiographyAnatomyEvolutionThe 1986 US Supreme Court decision Bowen v. American Hospital Association rejected the federal government's use of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…
LawReproductionCongenital DisordersGovernmentThomas Joseph King Jr. was a developmental biologist who, with fellow scientist Robert Briggs, pioneered a method of transplanting nuclei from…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationCancerDavid Wildt's cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) research from 1978-1983 became the foundation for the use of embryological techniques in endangered species…
Endangered SpeciesExperimentsCatsFertilityCraig C. Mello is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Laureate, who helped discover RNA interference (RNAi). Along with his colleague…
PeopleRNA InterferenceBiographyAndrew Zachary Fire is a professor at Stanford University and Nobel Laureate. Fire worked at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of…
PeopleRNA InterferenceBiography