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David Baltimore (1938–2025)
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Dec 27, 2017
David Baltimore studied viruses and the immune system in the US during the twentieth century. In 1975, Baltimore was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
Baltimore, DavidDNAAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
“Perimortem Cesarean Delivery” (1986), by Vern Katz, Deborah Dotters, and William Droegemueller
By: Claire Elise Grayson
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In 1986, Vern L. Katz, Deborah J. Dotters, and William Droegemueller published “Perimortem Cesarean Delivery,” an article in which they developed the…
LiteratureCesarean SectionCardiac ArrestPregnancyPregnancy--Complications
Endoscopic Fetoscopy
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
Endoscopic fetoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure performed during pregnancy that allows physicians to view the fetus in-utero.…
TechnologyEndoscopyFetoscopyPrenatal DiagnosisTay-Sachs Disease
Leonard Colebrook (1883–1967)
By: Safiya Shaikh
| Published: May 25, 2017
Leonard Colebrook was a physician who researched bacteria and infections in England during the twentieth century. In 1936, Colebrook deployed the…
BacteriaInfectionsPuerperal septicemiaChildbirthBurn care units
Ignacio Vives Ponseti (1914-2009)
By: Katherine Gandee
| Published: Mar 09, 2017
Ignacio Vives Ponseti developed a noninvasive method for treating congenital club foot in the US during the late 1940s. Congenital club foot is a…
Ponseti, I. V. (Ignacio V.), 1914-2009ClubfootFoot--AbnormalitiesUniversitat de BarcelonaPrats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (France)
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Experiments by Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka in 2006 and 2007
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Jun 01, 2015
In 2006, Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka reprogrammed mice fibroblast cells, which can produce only other fibroblast cells, to become…
Stem cells--ResearchStem CellsNobel PrizesEmbryologyDevelopmental Biology
Francois Jacob (1920-2013)
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Sep 29, 2014
Francois Jacob studied in bacteria and bacteriophages at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, in the second half of the twentieth century. In…
BacteriaOperonsLac OperonGenetic regulationEscherichia coli--Genetics
"Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Recombinant Proteins" (2009), by Hongyan Zhou et al.
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Aug 30, 2010
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are studied carefully by scientists not just because they are a potential source of stem cells that…
LiteratureStem CellsPublicationsRegeneration
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
“First Birth from a Deceased Donor Uterus in the United States: From Severe Graft Rejection to Successful Cesarean Delivery” (2020), by Rebecca Flyckt, Tommaso Falcone, and Cristiano Quintini et al.
By: Aubrey Pinteric
| Published: Jun 05, 2025
In 2020, Rebecca Flyckt and colleagues published “First Birth from a Deceased Donor Uterus in the United States: From Severe Graft Rejection to…
Infertility, Femaleorgan transplantationClinical trialIn vitro fertilizationPregnancy