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Walter Schiller (1887–1960)

By: Alexis Darby | Published: Aug 12, 2021

Walter Schiller studied the causes of diseases in the US and Austria in the early twentieth century and in 1928, invented the Schiller test, or a way…

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Eric Wieschaus (1947- )

By: May Catherine, Justin M. Wolter | Published: Apr 29, 2014

Eric Wieschaus studied how genes cause fruit fly larvae to develop in the US and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Using the…

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Julia Barlow Platt's Embryological Observations on Salamanders' Cartilage (1893)

By: Karina Ramirez | Published: Mar 06, 2017

In 1893, Julia Barlow Platt published her research on the origins of cartilage in the developing head of the common mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)…

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Leo Loeb (1869-1959)

By: Megan Kearl | Published: Apr 06, 2012

Leo Loeb developed an experimental approach to studying cancer and pioneered techniques for tissue culture and in vitro tissue transplantation which…

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A Series of YouTube Videos Detailing the “CRISPR Babies” Experiment (2018), by He Jiankui

By: Risa Aria Schnebly, Brianna Ellis | Published: Jul 31, 2021

In 2018, He Jiankui uploaded a series of videos to a YouTube channel titled “The He Lab” that detailed one of the first instances of a successful…

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The Procedure for Semen Analysis as described in the World Health Organization's Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen (2021)

By: Logan Hunt | Published: Jul 08, 2024

In 2021, the World Health Organization, or WHO, published the sixth edition of their Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human…

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"Experimental Chimeras' Removal of Reproductive Barrier Between Sheep and Goat" (1984), by Sabine Meinecke-Tillmann and Burkhard Meinecke

By: Nicole Newkirk | Published: Feb 28, 2008

In 1984 Sabine Meinecke-Tillmann and Burkhard Meinecke published their article "Experimental Chimeras - Removal of Reproductive Barrier Between Sheep…

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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strains 16 and 18

By: Grace Kim | Published: May 04, 2017

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18 are the two most common HPV strains that lead to cases of genital cancer. HPV is the most commonly…

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Albert William Liley (1929–1983)

By: Kathleen O'Connor | Published: May 11, 2011

Albert William Liley advanced the science of fetal physiology and the techniques of life-saving in utero blood transfusions for fetuses with Rh…

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