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The Human Genome Diversity Project (1991–2002)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
The Human Genome Diversity Project, or HGDP, was an effort led by US-based scientists to collect DNA from members of Indigenous communities living…
GenomeHuman Genome Diversity ProjectHuman Genome ProjectNational Center for Human Genome Research (U.S.)Indigenous People
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922–2018)
By: Tea Zawilak
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922–2018) was a researcher whose work explored the relationships between human genetic diversity and historical…
genetic variationGenetic DriftAnthropologyHuman GeneticsPopulation genetics
Havasupai Tribe v. the Arizona Board of Regents (2008)
By: Tea Zawilak
| Published: Aug 10, 2025
In 2004, the Havasupai Tribe filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents and several Arizona State University professors after discovering…
Informed ConsentEthics, ResearchAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeResearch--Moral and ethical aspectsIndians of North America
Enovid: The First Hormonal Birth Control Pill (1957–1988)
By: Ilani Higgins
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 1960, the US-based pharmaceutical lab G.D. Searle and Company, or Searle, launched Enovid, one of the first oral birth control pills, following…
ContraceptionBirth ControlEugenicsClinical trialMedical Ethics
“Glioma Stem Cells Promote Radioresistance by Preferential Activation of the DNA Damage Response (2006),” by Shideng Bao, Qiulian Wu, Roger McLendon, Yueling Hao, Qing Shi, Anita Hjelmeland, Mark W. Dewhirst, Darell Bigner, Jeremy Rich
By: Akaash Surendra
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 2006, Shideng Bao and colleagues published “Glioma Stem Cells Promote Radioresistance by Preferential Activation of the DNA Damage Response,”…
Stem Cell ResearchGlioblastomaCancer Stem CellsIonizing RadiationApoptosis
Charles Rotimi (1957– )
By: Tea Zawilak
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
Charles Rotimi is a researcher who studies the etiology of complex diseases and health disparities and advocates for the inclusion of greater racial…
EpidemiologyGenomicsAfrican PeopleGenetic epidemiologyHuman genetics--Variation
Lymphoblastoid Cell Line (LCL)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
A lymphoblastoid cell line, or LCL, is an immortalized population of cells derived from a specific type of white blood cell called a B lymphocyte…
virusesEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsB-LymphocytesTissue Culture TechniquesHeLa Cells
Lewis Albert Sayre (1820–1900)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
Lewis Albert Sayre was an orthopedic surgeon who practiced medicine in New York City, New York, during the second half of the nineteenth century and…
Circumcision, MaleForeskinScoliosisSurgical CastsAmerican Medical Association
“Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision” (1949) by Douglas Gairdner
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 1949, Douglas Gairdner, a pediatrician in Cambridge, England, published “Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision,” hereafter, “Fate of the…
Circumcision, MaleForeskinHPV-31PhimosisForeskin--Surgery
Ectogenesis as a Theme in The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (1970), by Shulamith Firestone
By: Aubrey Pinteric
| Published: Aug 08, 2025
In 1970, Shulamith Firestone, a self-described radical feminist and writer, published The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution,…
FertilityEctogenesisReproductive technologyFeminism and scienceFeminism in the press