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"The Adaptive Significance of Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in a Reptile" (2008), by Daniel Warner and Richard Shine
By: Karla Moeller
| Published: Oct 07, 2013
In 2008 researchers Daniel Warner and Richard Shine tested the Charnov-Bull model by conducting experiments on the Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus…
ExperimentsSex DifferentiationReproductionAdaptationfetal development
Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968)
By: Giavonna A. Goodman
| Published: Nov 01, 2011
Carl Gottfried Hartman researched the reproductive physiology of opossums and rhesus monkeys. He was the first to extensively study the embryology…
PeopleReproductionBiographyOpossumsmonkeys
“Labor and Delivery Management of Women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection” (2018), by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice
By: Jarrett L. Joubert
| Published: Jun 05, 2025
In September 2018, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG, published “Labor and Delivery Management of Women with Human…
pregnant womenHIV testingInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalHealth Planning GuidelinesHIV infections
X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (X-SCID)
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Jun 25, 2024
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or X-SCID, is a chromosomal disorder in which the immune system lacks multiple protective cells that…
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency DiseasesX-Linked SCIDSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyBone Marrow--TransplantationAutoimmune Diseases
Essay: Review of Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human Embryos
By: Lijing Jiang, Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 22, 2012
To Lynn M. Morgan, the Mary E. Woolley Professor of Anthropology at Mt. Holyoke College, nothing says life more than a dead embryo. In her easily…
EssayHuman embryoFetusPublications
Emma Wolverton (1889–1978)
By: James Walter Dennert
| Published: Aug 25, 2020
Emma Wolverton, also known as Deborah Kallikak, lived her entire life in an institution in New Jersey after psychologist Henry Goddard classified her…
PeoplePsychiatric hospitalsPeople with mental disabilities--Institutional carePsychology--HistoryPsychology--History--20th century
Trial of Madame Restell (Ann Lohman) for Abortion (1841)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 05, 2017
In the spring of 1841, abortionist Ann Lohman, called Madame Restell, was convicted for crimes against one of her abortion clients, Maria Purdy. In a…
AbortionReproductive Rights
Irving Freiler Stein Sr. (1887–1976)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Jul 20, 2017
Irving Freiler Stein Sr. was a physician who studied women’s reproductive health during the twentieth century in the United States. In partnership…
Polycystic ovary syndromeInfertilityInfertility, FemaleovaryContraception
Etienne Stephane Tarnier (1828–1897)
By: Kelsey Locey
| Published: Jul 19, 2017
Etienne Stephane Tarnier was a physician who worked with premature infants in France during the nineteenth century. He worked at the Maternité Port-…
IncubatorsPuerperal septicemiaAsepsis and antisepsisPremature InfantsPerinatology
Gattaca (1997)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Feb 09, 2017
Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film produced in the US that depicts a future society that uses reproductive technology and genetic engineering in…
LiteratureEugenicsGenetic EngineeringReproductive technologyBiotechnology