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“Human Organoids: Tools for Understanding Biology and Treating Diseases” (2020), by Frans Schutgens and Hans Clevers
By: Aida Movahed
| Published: Aug 08, 2025
In 2020, Frans Schutgens and Hans Clevers published “Human Organoids: Tools for Understanding Biology and Treating Diseases,” hereafter “Human…
OrganoidsCell Culture Techniques, Three DimensionalPrimary Cell Cultureinduced pluripotent stem cellsAdult Stem Cells
John D. Gearhart
By: Ke Wu
| Published: Jan 19, 2011
John D. Gearhart is a renowned American developmental geneticist best known for leading the Johns Hopkins University research team that first…
PeopleStem CellsGeneticsBiography
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
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1972)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: May 26, 2022
In 1972, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decided the case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens…
LawPeople with mental disabilitiesIntellectual DisabilitySpecial EducationSpecial education schools
“Guideline for the Study and Evaluation of Gender Differences in the Clinical Evaluation of Drugs” (July 1993), by the United States Food and Drug Administration
By: Caroline Meek
| Published: Jan 28, 2019
The US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, published the “Guideline for the Study and Evaluation of Gender Differences in the Clinical Evaluation…
LawDrug approvalWomen's health services--United StatesLegislation, DrugClinical medicine--Research
United States v. University Hospital (1984)
By: Jack Resnik
| Published: May 11, 2011
The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals' 1984 decision United States v. University Hospital, State University Hospital of New York at Stony Brook set a…
LawCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesReproductionCongenital Disorders
Barbara Seaman (1935–2008)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 25, 2018
Barbara Seaman was a writer, investigator, and advocate for female healthcare rights during the twentieth century in the United States. Seaman’s work…
Civil rightsBirth ControlBirth control in literaturefeminismContraceptive Effects
Ethics and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Jun 10, 2009
The recent development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and related technologies has caught the attention of scientists, activists,…
ethicsStem Cells
“Some of the Uses of Electricity in Gynecology,” (1901) by William Henry Walling
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jan 13, 2020
In 1901, physician William Henry Walling published the article, Some of the Uses of Electricity in Gynecology, in the January issue of the American…
LiteratureElectricity in medicineGynecologyElectrotherapeuticsElectrotherapy
The British Doctors’ Study (1951–2001)
By: Phil Gaetano
| Published: Jan 30, 2018
From 1951 to 2001, researchers at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, conducted the British Doctors’ Study, a study that examined the…
Doll, RichardHill, A. Bradford (Austin Bradford), 1897-1991Tobacco use--Health aspectsTobacco UseLungs--Cancer