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George Richard Tiller (1941-2009)
By: Mark Zhang
| Published: Jul 16, 2012
George Richard Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas, was shot to death on 31 May 2009 by Scott Roeder. As the director of one…
AbortionLate-term abortionAbortion servicesFetusAbortion, Legal
Thomas Joseph King Jr. (1921-2000)
By: Sean Cohmer
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
Thomas Joseph King Jr. was a developmental biologist who, with fellow scientist Robert Briggs, pioneered a method of transplanting nuclei from…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationCancer
Hilde Mangold (1898-1924)
By: Maria Doty
| Published: May 09, 2011
Hilde Mangold, previously Hilde Proescholdt, was a German embryologist and physiologist who became well known for research completed with Hans…
Organizers, EmbryonicBiographydifferentiationAmphibians
Pre- and Post-natal Growth Deficiencies and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: May 04, 2011
Maternal consumption of alcohol (ethanol) during pregnancy can inhibit prenatal growth, resulting in fetuses that are small for gestational age.…
fetal alcohol syndromeHuman Development
Tissue Engineering
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 29, 2010
Tissue engineering is a field of regenerative medicine that integrates the knowledge of scientists, physicians, and engineers into the construction…
Tissue EngineeringmedicineRegeneration
"Derivation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cultured Human Primordial Germ Cells" (1998), by John Gearhart et al.
By: Ke Wu
| Published: Sep 14, 2010
In November 1998, two independent reports were published concerning the first isolation of pluripotent human stem cells, one of which was "Derivation…
LiteratureStem CellsPublications
John von Neumann's Cellular Automata
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| Published: Jun 14, 2010
Cellular automata (CA) are mathematical models used to simulate complex systems or processes. In several fields, including biology, physics, and…
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957ModelsEvolution
"Declaration on Procured Abortion" (1974), by the Vatican
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
As various societies around the world began legalizing abortive procedures or liberalizing government stances on abortion, the Roman Catholic Church'…
LiteraturereligionReproductionCatholicismAbortion
Robert William Briggs (1911-1983)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 08, 2007
Robert William Briggs was a prolific developmental biologist. However, he is most identified with the first successful cloning of a frog by nuclear…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesNuclear TransplantationBiography
Irving Lerner Weissman (1939– )
By: Akaash Surendra
| Published: Jun 19, 2025
Irving Lerner Weissman is a researcher and professor in developmental biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.…
Stem Cell ResearchHematologic NeoplasmsImmunologic TechniquesStem CellsImmunology