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J. B. v. M. B. (2001)
By: Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: Nov 17, 2013
In 2001, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided a dispute between a divorced couple over cryopreserved preembryos created through in vitro…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroPregnancyEmbryos
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (2007), by Michael J. Sandel
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 18, 2011
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, hereafter referred to as The Case against Perfection, written by Michael J.…
LiteratureGenetic EngineeringPublicationsethicsbioethics
Leon Richard Kass (1939- )
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
A PhD and medical doctor turned ethicist, Leon Kass calls himself an unlicensed humanist. Throughout his unique career he has sought to impact others…
PeoplebioethicsethicsReproductionBiography
Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Cerebellum Development
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Sep 06, 2010
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) results in a continuum of physical, neurological, behavioral, and learning defects collectively grouped under…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development
Abortion
By: Christina Raup
| Published: Jun 10, 2010
Abortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur-either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development…
AbortionethicsReproductionReproductive RightsFetus
Neurospora crassa Life Cycle
By: Amy Pribadi
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
This diagram shows the life cycle of Neurospora crassa, a mold that grows on bread. N.
Neurospora crassaMicrobiologyMicroscopyGrowthdevelopment
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard (1942- )
By: May Catherine, Jack Resnik
| Published: Feb 16, 2012
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard studied how genes control embryonic development in flies and in fish in Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first…
DrosophilaEmbryologyGenesMorphogenesisRNA polymerases
Calvin Bridges’ Experiments on Nondisjunction as Evidence for the Chromosome Theory of Heredity (1913-1916)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 18, 2017
From 1913 to 1916, Calvin Bridges performed experiments that indicated genes are found on chromosomes. His experiments were a part of his doctoral…
DrosophilaHeredityInheritance of acquired charactersColumbia University--Graduate studentsMutation
Jeter v. Mayo (2005)
By: Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: Oct 22, 2016
In Jeter v. Mayo, the Court of Appeals of Arizona in 2005 held that a cryopreserved, three-day-old pre-embryo is not a person for purposes of Arizona…
LawCryopreservationEmbryo transplantationFrozen human embryosFertilization in Vitro
Hamburger-Hamilton Staging Series (1951)
By: Maria Doty
| Published: Jun 10, 2011
In 1951 Viktor Hamburger and Howard Hamilton created an embryonic staging series from a combination of photographs and drawings from other…
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