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By: Jack Resnik | Published: Jan 01, 2012

The 1986 US Supreme Court decision Bowen v. American Hospital Association rejected the federal government's use of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…

By: Kristina Winikates | Published: Jan 01, 2012

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal, inherited disease found in humans and characterized by buildup of thick, sticky mucus, particularly in the…

By: Megan Kearl | Published: Jan 01, 2012

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch was a late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century philosopher and developmental biologist. In the spring of 1891 Driesch…

By: Karla T. Moeller | Published: Jan 01, 2012

Edward Drinker Cope studied fossils and anatomy in the US in the late nineteenth century. Based on his observations of skeletal morphology, Cope…

By: Mark Zhang | Published: Jan 01, 2012

The Supreme Court of California reversed the Superior Court of Fresno County's decision to dismiss the Turpins' claims in the case Turpin v. Sortini…

By: Sean Cohmer | Published: Jan 01, 2012

The development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…

By: Nathalie Antonios, Christina Raup | Published: Jan 01, 2012

In 1927, the US Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell set the legal precedent that states may sterilize inmates of public institutions because the court…

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…

By: Mark Zhang | Published: Jan 01, 2012

The New York Appellate Court ruled on 11 December 1977 in favor of Steven and Hetty Park and against Herbert Chessin for the wrongful life of the…

By: Guido Caniglia | Published: Jan 01, 2012

Two main elements characterize the skeletal morphology of turtles: the carapace and the plastron. For a turtle, the carapacial ridge begins in the…