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Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

By: Samantha Hauserman | Published: Nov 26, 2013

In nineteenth century Great Britain, Thomas Henry Huxley proposed connections between the development of organisms and their evolutionary histories,…

PeopleDarwin, Charles, 1809-1882EvolutionpaleontologyEmbryology

“Does Air Pollution Play a Role in Infertility?: a Systematic Review” (2017), by Julie Carré, Nicolas Gatimel, Jessika Moreau, Jean Parinaud and Roger Léandri

By: Ajeet Bains | Published: Aug 02, 2021

In 2017, Julie Carré, Nicolas Gatimel, Jessika Moreau, Jean Parinaud, and Roger Léandri published “Does Air Pollution Play a Role in Infertility?: a…

LiteratureFertility, HumanReproductionFertilization (Biology)Fertilization in Vitro

Victor Ambros (1953-)

By: May Catherine, Justin M. Wolter | Published: May 13, 2012

Victor Ambros is a professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and he discovered the first microRNA (miRNA) in…

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Estrogen

By: Brendan Van Iten | Published: May 18, 2017

The figure depicts three different molecular structures of estrogen found in mammals’ that differ by the arrangement of bonds and side groups.

EstrogenHormones, SexEstradiolEstroneHormones

Recombinant Gonadotropins Used in Fertility Treatments

By: Alison Lane | Published: Oct 26, 2020

First manufactured in 1988 by Serono laboratories, recombinant gonadotropins are synthetic hormones that can stimulate egg production in women for…

TechnologyRecombination, GeneticGenetic recombination--ResearchLuteinizing HormoneGonadotropin

Ian Hector Frazer (1953– )

By: Alexis Darby | Published: Sep 02, 2020

Ian Hector Frazer studied the human immune system and vaccines in Brisbane, Australia, and helped invent and patent the scientific process and…

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Revive & Restore’s Woolly Mammoth Revival Project

By: Risa Aria Schnebly | Published: Jan 19, 2021

In 2015, Revive & Restore launched the Woolly Mammoth Revival Project with a goal of engineering a creature with genes from the woolly mammoth…

conservationAnimal diversity conservationWildlife conservationgene editingbioethics

Exchange Transfusion for Jaundiced Newborns in the United States

By: Arianna Bradley | Published: Mar 30, 2017

Exchange transfusion is the replacement of blood from newborn infants with elevated bilirubin level in their blood stream with donor blood containing…

TechnologyJaundice, NeonatalHyperbilirubinemia, NeonatalRh factorErythroblastosis Fetalis

Amenorrhea as a Menstrual Disorder

By: Emily Santora | Published: Aug 03, 2021

Amenorrhea is considered a type of abnormal menstrual bleeding characterized by the unexpected absence of menstrual bleeding, lasting three months or…

Amenorrhea, PrimaryMenstruation disordersMenstrual CyclePolycystic ovary syndromeBirth Control

Matthew Stanley Meselson (1930– )

By: Victoria Hernandez | Published: May 23, 2017

Matthew Stanley Meselson conducted DNA and RNA research in the US during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He also influenced US policy…

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