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Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC)

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…

OrganizationReproductive Techniques, AssistedOrganizationsReproductionReproductive Rights

Gattaca (1997)

By: Grace Kim | Published: Feb 09, 2017

Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film produced in the US that depicts a future society that uses reproductive technology and genetic engineering in…

LiteratureEugenicsGenetic EngineeringReproductive technologyBiotechnology
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Ectogenesis as a Theme in The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (1970), by Shulamith Firestone

By: Aubrey Pinteric | Published: Aug 08, 2025

In 1970, Shulamith Firestone, a self-described radical feminist and writer, published The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution,…

FertilityEctogenesisReproductive technologyFeminism and scienceFeminism in the press

Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT)

By: Hilary Gilson | Published: Sep 26, 2008

Various techniques constitute assisted reproduction, one of which is gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT). The first example of GIFT involved…

TechnologyReproduction

Edward B. Lewis (1918-2004)

By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Nov 11, 2007

Edward B. Lewis studied embryonic development in Drosophila, including the discovery of the cis-trans test for recessive genes, and the…

PeopleDrosophilaBiography

Assisted Human Reproduction Act (2004)

By: Kathleen Hammond | Published: Jul 30, 2015

The Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act) is a piece of federal legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada. The Act came into force on 29…

LawReproductive technologyFertilization in vitro, Human--Law and legislationMedicine--Research--Law and legislationBiomedical Ethics

Thesis: From Fertilization to Birth: Representing Development in High School Biology Textbooks

By: Karen Linette Wellner | Published: Feb 14, 2021

Biology textbooks are everybody's business. In accepting the view that texts are created with specific social goals in mind, I examined 127 twentieth…

TextbooksBook IllustrationsPictorial WorkPublications

George McDonald Church (1954- )

By: Risa Aria Schnebly, Christopher Rojas | Published: Aug 12, 2015

George McDonald Church studied DNA from living and from extinct species in the US during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Church helped to…

DNA SequenceNucleotide sequenceGenesGenomesGenetics

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990)

By: Jonathan LaTourelle | Published: Dec 19, 2014

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 established the legal framework that governs infertility treatment, medical services ancillary to…

LawEmbryo transplantationReproductive technologyWarnock, Mary, 1808-1900Human reproductive technology