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The Miracle of Life (1983), by NOVA
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
The most-watched NOVA documentary ever made and a revolution in the understanding of human development, The Miracle of Life (abbreviated Life)…
LiteratureReproductionHuman Development
Fate Mapping Techniques
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
For more than 2000 years, embryologists, biologists, and philosophers have studied and detailed the processes that follow fertilization. The…
TechnologyCell Lineage
President George W. Bush's Announcement on Stem Cells, 9 August 2001
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
On 9 August 2001, US President George W. Bush gave an eleven-minute speech from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on the ethics and fate of federal…
LiteratureStem CellsHuman Development
Viktor Hamburger's Study of Central-Peripheral Relations in the Development of Nervous System
By: Lijing Jiang
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
An important question throughout the history of embryology is whether the formation of a biological structure is predetermined or shaped by its…
Hamburger, Viktor, 1900-2001ExperimentsNervous SystemCell Death
Edward Donnall Thomas (1920-2012)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
Edward Donnall Thomas, an American physician and scientist, gained recognition in the scientific community for conducting the first bone marrow…
Stem CellsBiographyRegeneration
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (1930- )
By: Brad Jacobson
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin was one of the first progressive female pioneers of developmental and embryological research. Some of her most notable and…
PeopleBiographyChicksBirds
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
Ian Wilmut (1944- )
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
British embryologist Sir Ian Wilmut, best known for his work in the field of animal genetic engineering and the successful cloning of sheep, was born…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationGenetic Engineering
Ian Wilmut (1944- )
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 17, 2010
British embryologist Sir Ian Wilmut, best known for his work in the field of animal genetic engineering and the successful cloning of sheep, was born…
PeopleNuclear Transfer TechniquesBiographyNuclear TransplantationGenetic Engineering