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Warren Harmon Lewis (1870-1964)
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
As one of the first to work at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology, Warren Harmon Lewis made a number of contributions to…
PeopleBiographyEducationCarnegie Institution of Washington
“A Sex Chromosome Anomaly in a Case of Gonadal Dysgenesis (Turner’s Syndrome)” (1959), by Charles Edmund Ford, K. W Jones, Paul E. Polani, J. C De Almeida, and J. H Briggs
By: Megha Pillai
| Published: Aug 06, 2024
In 1959, Charles Edmund Ford and colleagues published “A Sex Chromosome Anomaly in a Case of Gonadal Dysgenesis (Turner’s Syndrome),” hereafter “A…
Turner SyndromeGonadal DysgenesisGonadal Dysgenesis, XOGonadal Dysgenesis, 45, XAbnormalities, Sex Chromosome
"Hybrids and Chimeras: A report on the findings of the consultation" by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in October, 2007
By: Robert Jason S., Sarah Taddeo
| Published: Nov 22, 2014
In 2007, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in London, UK, published Hybrids and Chimeras: A Report on the Findings of the Consultation…
LiteratureChimerismHuman reproductive technologyHuman CloningEmbryonic Stem Cells
David Hunter Hubel (1926–2013)
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Jan 03, 2018
David Hunter Hubel studied the development of the visual system and how the brain processes visual information in the US during the twentieth century…
Hubel, David H.Kuffler, Stephen W.Wiesel, Torsten N.Johns Hopkins Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School
William Thornton Mustard (1914-1987)
By: Daniella Caudle
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
William Thornton Mustard was a surgeon in Canada during the twentieth century who developed surgical techniques to treat children who had congenital…
PoliomyelitisTransposition of Great VesselsHemolytic AnemiaBlood GroupsBlood Cells
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (1974- )
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Apr 13, 2015
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is a nonprofit organization that began in 1974 as a joint endeavor by Reginald and Catherine Hamlin and the Addis Ababa…
OrganizationHamlin, CatherineAddis Ababa Fistula HospitalVesicovaginal FistulaFistula
Form and Function (1916), by Edward Stuart Russell
By: Mark A. Ulett
| Published: Jun 20, 2010
In 1916, at the age of twenty-nine, Edward Stuart Russell published his first major work, Form and Function: a Contribution to the History of Animal…
LiteratureRussell, E. S. (Edward Stuart), 1887-1954PublicationsMorphology
Otto Mangold (1891-1962)
By: Megan Kearl
| Published: Jun 02, 2010
Otto Mangold was an early twentieth century embryologist who specialized in the development of amphibian embryos. A major emphasis of his research…
PeopleOrganizers, EmbryonicBiographyAmphibians
Neonatal Jaundice
By: Arianna Bradley
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
Neonatal jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes due to elevated bilirubin levels in the bloodstream of a newborn. Bilirubin is a…
Jaundice, NeonatalHyperbilirubinemia, NeonatalErythroblastosis FetalisPhototherapyChildren's Hospital Medical Center (Boston, Mass.)
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Élie Metchnikoff) (1845-1916)
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Jul 05, 2014
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov studied phagocytes, immune function, and starfish embryos in Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…
PhagocytesEmbryology, ExperimentalPhagocytosisEmbryologyImmunology