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Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023)

By: Grace Kim | Published: Jul 24, 2017

Harald zur Hausen studied viruses and discovered that certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, can cause…

Cervix uteri--CancerHuman Papilloma VirusPapillomavirusesGenital WartsCondylomata Acuminata

"Proliferation, Differentiation and Degeneration in the Spinal Ganglia of the Chick Embryo under Normal and Experimental Conditions" (1949), by Viktor Hamburger and Rita Levi-Montalcini

By: Adam R. Navis | Published: Oct 30, 2007

In this paper Viktor Hamburger and Rita Levi-Montalcini collaborated to examine the effects of limb transplantation and explantation on neural…

Chickens--EmbryosDevelopmental BiologyCell differentiationEmbryosLevi-Montalcini, Rita

Endoderm

By: Kate MacCord | Published: Nov 17, 2013

Endoderm is one of the germ layers-- aggregates of cells that organize early during embryonic life and from which all organs and tissues develop.…

GastrulationEmbryosEmbryologyCellsTissues

Neurocristopathies

By: M. Elizabeth Barnes | Published: Sep 19, 2014

Neurocristopathies are a class of pathologies in vertebrates, including humans, that result from abnormal expression, migration, differentiation, or…

CellsVertebratesdevelopmentCleft PalateAlbinism

Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You (2015), by the British Broadcasting Corporation and The Open University

By: Jessica Cartwright | Published: Nov 21, 2017

In 2015, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) partnered with The Open University to produce the three-part documentary series, Countdown to…

LiteratureConceptionGestationReproductionPhysiology

Rudolf Carl Virchow (1821-1902)

By: Megan Kearl | Published: Mar 17, 2012

Rudolf Carl Virchow lived in nineteenth century Prussia, now Germany, and proposed that omnis cellula e cellula, which translates to each cell comes…

PeopleCellsPathology, CellularPathology, Comparativepublic health

"Interspecific Chimeras in Mammals: Successful Production of Live Chimeras Between Mus musculus and Mus caroli" (1980), by Janet Rossant and William I. Frels

By: Nicole Newkirk | Published: Oct 30, 2007

In 1980 Janet Rossant and William I. Frels published their paper, "Interspecific Chimeras in Mammals: Successful Production of Live Chimeras Between…

ChimeraExperimentsMice
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“Gene Action in the X-chromosome of the Mouse (Mus Musculus L.)” (1961), by Mary Lyon

By: Devangana Shah | Published: Jun 04, 2025

In 1961, Mary Lyon, a researcher who studied genetics, published “Gene Action in the X-chromosome of the Mouse (Mus Musculus L.),” hereafter “Gene…

Sex ChromosomesChromosomes, Human, XX chromosomeGenes, X-linkedX Chromosome Inactivation

John Philip Trinkaus (1918-2003)

By: Ellen M. DuPont | Published: May 31, 2010

John Philip Trinkaus studied the processes of cell migration and gastrulation, especially in teleost fish, in the US during the twentieth century.…

PeopleGastrulationBiographyMorphogenesis

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch (1867-1941)

By: Mary E. Sunderland | Published: Nov 01, 2007

Although educated as a scientist who studied with both August Weismann and Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch was first employed as a…

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