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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
Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring (1936), by William J. Robinson
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring was written by American eugenics and birth control advocate William J. Robinson. First published in 1916…
LiteratureContraceptionPublicationsReproduction
Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells (UCBSC)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells are hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that are recovered from the blood of the umbilical cord and placenta after…
Cord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationReproductionStem Cellsmedicine
Cord Blood Banking
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
Cord blood banks are institutions designed to store umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells. UCB, a source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), has…
TechnologyFetal BloodCord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationReproductionStem Cells
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
The purpose of regenerative medicine, especially tissue engineering, is to replace damaged tissue with new tissue that will allow the body to resume…
TechnologyStem CellsRegenerationmedicine
Robert Alan Good (1922-2003)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Nov 16, 2010
Robert Alan Good was an American physician and scientific researcher who explored the cellular mechanisms of immunity. His research and discoveries…
PeopleBiographyImmunology
Pope Gregory XIV (1535-1591)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jun 22, 2010
Pope Gregory XIV, born Nicolo Sfondrati, reversed the bull of Pope Sixtus V, Effraenatum, under which an abortion at any time of gestation can be…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicism
Tissue Engineering
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 29, 2010
Tissue engineering is a field of regenerative medicine that integrates the knowledge of scientists, physicians, and engineers into the construction…
Tissue EngineeringmedicineRegeneration
Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, marked his contribution to the abortion debate by removing the distinction between an "animated"…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicism
William Harvey (1578-1657)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jun 18, 2010
Renowned physician and scientist William Harvey is best known for his accurate description of how blood circulates through the body. While his…
PeopleBlood CirculationBiographycirculation