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By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: May 27, 2009

Established under the Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Act of 2004, Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC), also known as the Assisted Human…

By: D. Brian Scheurmann | Published: Jan 22, 2009

Edwin Grant Conklin was born in Waldo, Ohio, on 24 November 1863 to parents Nancy Maria Hull and Dr. Abram V. Conklin. Conklin's family was very…

By: D. Brian Schuermann | Published: Jan 21, 2009

Charles Otis Whitman was an extremely curious and driven researcher who was not content to limit himself to one field of expertise. Among the fields…

By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Jan 21, 2009

Beatrice Mintz is a brilliant researcher who has developed techniques essential for many aspects of research on mouse development. She produced the…

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Jan 21, 2009

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a test used for prenatal diagnosis. Safe to perform at an earlier stage in pregnancy than amniocentesis, CVS is…

By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward | Published: Jan 20, 2009

Enovid was the first hormonal birth control pill. G. D. Searle and Company began marketing Enovid as a contraceptive in 1960. The technology was…

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Jan 20, 2009

"Casti Connubii," a papal encyclical given by Pope Pius XI on 31 December 1930, served primarily as a reaffirmation and expansion of the issues…

By: Stephen C. Ruffenach | Published: Jan 13, 2009

A test-tube baby is the product of a successful human reproduction that results from methods beyond sexual intercourse between a man and a woman and…

By: Stephen Ruffenach | Published: Jan 13, 2009

Dr. John Rock, a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology in Boston, and Miriam Menkin, Rock s hired lab technician, were the first researchers to…

By: Sheraden Seward | Published: Jan 13, 2009

Almost ten years after the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) the battle over abortion was still being waged. The reproductive rights of women…