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Shoukhrat Mitalipov and Masahito Tachibana's Mitochondrial Gene Replacement Therapy Technique

By: Giselle Lee | Published: Sep 06, 2017

In 2009, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Masahito Tachibana, and their team of researchers developed the technology of mitochondrial gene replacement therapy to…

TechnologymonkeysGurdon, J. B. (John Bertrand)Briggs, Robert, -1983King, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1921-2000

"Experiments in Plant Hybridization" (1866), by Johann Gregor Mendel

By: Amanda Andrei | Published: Sep 04, 2013

During the mid-nineteenth century, Johann Gregor Mendel experimented with pea plants to develop a theory of inheritance. In 1843, while a monk in the…

GeneticsPeasLegumesPhenotypePlant breeding

"β-Catenin Defines Head Versus Tail Identity During Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis" (2007), by Kyle A. Gurley, Jochen C. Rink, and Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

By: Mary E. Sunderland | Published: Mar 15, 2010

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado's laboratory group has employed molecular tools to investigate old questions about regeneration and as a result have…

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"Formation of Genetically Mosaic Mouse Embryos and Early Development of Lethal (t12/t12)-Normal Mosaics" (1964), by Beatrice Mintz

By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Jan 13, 2009

The paper "Formation of Genetically Mosaic Mouse Embryos and Early Development of Lethal (t12/t12)-Normal Mosaics," by Beatrice Mintz, describes a…

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Nuclear Transplantation

By: Sean Cohmer | Published: Jun 14, 2011

Nuclear transplantation is a method in which the nucleus of a donor cell is relocated to a target cell that has had its nucleus removed (enucleated…

Cell nuclei--TransplantationNuclear Transplantation

Cerebral Organoid as a Model System in the Study of Microcephaly

By: Dasia Garcia | Published: May 12, 2017

Scientists use cerebral organoids, which are artificially produced miniature organs that represent embryonic or fetal brains and have many properties…

TechnologyMicrocephalyBrainNeuronsBrain--Diseases--Animal models

Elizabeth Dexter Hay (1927–2007)

By: Kevin Gleason | Published: Jul 26, 2017

Elizabeth Dexter Hay studied the cellular processes that affect development of embryos in the US during the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first…

Electron microscopesExtracellular matrixCorneaCollagenRadioactive substances

Robert Alan Good (1922-2003)

By: Angel Lopez | Published: Nov 16, 2010

Robert Alan Good was an American physician and scientific researcher who explored the cellular mechanisms of immunity. His research and discoveries…

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“Pregnancy Established in an Infertile Patient After Transfer of a Donated Embryo Fertilized In Vitro” (1983), by Alan Trounson, John Leeton, Mandy Besanko, Carl Wood, and Angelo Conti

By: Whitney Alexandra Tuoti | Published: Apr 13, 2021

In 1983, researchers Alan Trounson, John Leeton, Carl Wood, Mandy Besanko, and Angelo Conti published the article “Pregnancy Established in an…

LiteratureFertilization in VitroIn vitro fertilizationEgg donorsTest-Tube Babies

Beatrice Mintz (1922–2022)

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…

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