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"The Results of Operations for the Cure of Cancer of the Breast Performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from June, 1889, to January, 1894" (1894), by William Stewart Halsted
By: Carolina Abboud
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
In 1894, William Stewart Halsted published The Results of Operations for the Cure of Cancer of the Breast Performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital…
LiteratureJohns Hopkins HospitalBreast--CancerMastectomyMammectomy
William Withey Gull (1816-1890)
By: Alexis Abboud
| Published: May 07, 2017
William Withey Gull studied paraplegia, anorexia, and hormones as a physician in England during the nineteenth century. In addition to caring for…
AnorexiaAnorexia NervosaIllness anxiety disorderThyroid HormonesThyroid Gland
2D Obstetric Ultrasound
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…
TechnologyUltrasonographyReproductionmedicineHuman 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
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
The purpose of regenerative medicine, especially tissue engineering, is to replace damaged tissue with new tissue that will allow the body to resume…
TechnologyStem CellsRegenerationmedicine
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
The discovery of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) provided a pioneering step in stem cell research. HSCs are a type of multipotent adult stem cell,…
Hematopoietic Stem CellsStem CellsmedicineCancer
Hysterectomy
By: Kristin Kelley
| Published: Sep 02, 2010
A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of a woman's uterus. For many women, a hysterectomy comes as a solution to health problems as diverse as…
TechnologyHysterectomyReproductionmedicine
Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells (UCBSC)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells are hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that are recovered from the blood of the umbilical cord and placenta after…
Cord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationReproductionStem Cellsmedicine
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center
By: Aroob Khokhar
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Johns Hopkins Medical Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland, opened in 1889; its associated medical school opened four years later. Today the…
OrganizationFertilityOrganizationsReproductionmedicine