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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
Shoukhrat Mitalipov and Masahito Tachibana’s Mitochondrial Gene Replacement in Primate Offspring and Embryonic Stem Cells (2009)
By: Giselle Lee
| Published: Jan 10, 2018
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Masahito Tachibana, and their team of researchers replaced the mitochondrial genes of primate embryonic stem cells via spindle…
monkeysrhesus macaqueSendai virusEmbryonic Stem CellsMitochondrial Diseases
Experiments on the Reproductive Costs of a Pure Capital Breeder, the Children’s Python (Antaresia childreni) (2013), by Olivier Lourdais, Sophie Lorioux, and Dale F. DeNardo
By: Brittany Kaminsky
| Published: Jan 03, 2018
In 2013, Olivier Lourdais, Sophie Lorioux, and Dale DeNardo conducted a study on the impact of the reproductive effort on the muscle size and the…
Snakes--PhysiologyPythonsVitellogenesisSnakes--ReproductionEggs--Incubation
Ponseti's Treatment for Congenital Clubfoot (1963)
By: Katherine Gandee
| Published: Dec 27, 2017
In 1963, Ignacio Ponseti and Eugene Smoley experimentally determined an effective and minimally invasive method of treating congenital clubfoot.…
ClubfootFoot--AbnormalitiesOrthopedicsCongenital Talipes EquinovarusClubfoot, Congenital
Roger Sperry’s Split Brain Experiments (1959–1968)
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Dec 27, 2017
In the 1950s and 1960s, Roger Sperry performed experiments on cats, monkeys, and humans to study functional differences between the two hemispheres…
Split brainBrain--Localization of functionsCorpus callosumBrain MappingSplit-Brain Procedure
Christopher Polge and Lionel Edward Aston Rowson’s Experiments on the Freezing of Bull Spermatozoa (1950–1952)
By: Bailey Renee
| Published: Dec 19, 2017
In 1952, researchers Christopher Polge and Lionel Edward Aston Rowson, who worked at the Animal Research Center in Cambridge, England, detailed…
GlycerinCryopreservationSpermatozoaMicroorganisms--CryopreservationExperiments
Leonard Colebrook’s Use of Sulfonamides as a Treatment for Puerperal Fever (1935–1937)
By: Safiya Shaikh
| Published: Dec 12, 2017
Between 1935 and 1937, Leonard Colebrook showed that sulfonamides, a class of antibacterial drugs, worked as an effective treatment for puerperal…
Puerperal septicemiaSulfonamidesMedical Research Council (Great Britain)Streptococcus agalactiaeStreptococcus pyogenes
Action of MER-25 and of Clomiphene on the Human Ovary (1963)
By: Alexis J. Abboud, Alexis Darby
| Published: Nov 28, 2017
Between 1958 and 1962, physicians Olive W. Smith, George V. Smith, and Robert W. Kistner performed experiments that demonstrated the effects of the…
EthamoxytriphetolEstrogen AntagonistsClomiphenePituitary glandovary
CRISPR Acquired Resistance Against Viruses (2007)
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In 2007, Philippe Horvath and his colleagues explained how bacteria protect themselves against viruses at Danisco, a Danish food company, in Dangé-…
gene editingStreptococcus thermophilusvirusesBacteriaRNA
Management of Myelomeningocele Study Clinical Trial (2003–2010)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
From February 2003 to December 2010, researchers of the Management of Myelomeningocele Study, or MOMS, clinical trial compared the safety and…
MeningomyeloceleSpina Bifida CysticaSpina BifidaNewborn infants--SurgeryHydrocephalus