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Hermann Joseph Muller's Study of X-rays as a Mutagen, (1926-1927)
By: Kevin M. Gleason
| Published: Mar 07, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller conducted three experiments in 1926 and 1927 that demonstrated that exposure to x-rays, a form of high-energy radiation, can…
X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutationDrosophila
Paternal Sperm Telomere Elongation and Its Impact on Offspring Fitness
By: Joanna Yang, Zane Bartlett
| Published: Feb 07, 2017
Telomeres are structures at the ends of DNA strands that get longer in the DNA of sperm cells as males age. That phenomenon is different for most…
TelomereAgingSpermSpermatozoaTelomerase
"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…
RegenerationExperiments
Abraham Trembley (1710-1784)
By: Mary E. Sunderland
| Published: Oct 31, 2007
Abraham Trembley's discovery of the remarkable regenerative capacity of the hydra caused many to question their beliefs about the generation of…
PeopleRegenerationBiographyHydra
“Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision” (1949) by Douglas Gairdner
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 1949, Douglas Gairdner, a pediatrician in Cambridge, England, published “Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision,” hereafter, “Fate of the…
Circumcision, MaleForeskinHPV-31PhimosisForeskin--Surgery
HeLa Cell Line
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Sep 18, 2020
The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks…
HeLa CellsContinuous cell linesResearch EthicsInformed consent (Medical law)Cervix uteri--Cancer
Some of the Cells that Arise from Animal Gastrulas with Three Germ Layers
By: Chinami Michaels
| Published: Aug 21, 2014
From a developing embryos three primary germ layers, ectoderm (green), mesoderm (pink) and endoderm (yellow), a variety of differentiated cell type
MesodermGastrulationBlastulaGerm LayersEctoderm
Post-Coital Oral Emergency Contraception
By: Sarah Ly
| Published: Mar 03, 2011
Post-coital oral emergency contraception is used for the prevention of pregnancy after intercourse. The contraception comes in the form of pills,…
Emergency ContraceptivesContraceptives, PostcoitalReproductionContraception
Thesis: Informed Consent Laws for Abortion: What Do Women Have a "Right to Know?
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Mar 11, 2021
The objective of this project was to determine the importance of informed consent laws to achieving the larger goal of dismantling the right to…
Abortion--Law and legislationInformed consent (Medical law)Patient RightsPatients' Rightsethics
“Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers: A Longitudinal Study of Risk, Protective Factors, and Mental Health” (2010), by Theresa S. Betancourt, Robert T. Brennan, Julia Rubin-Smith, Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, and Stephen E. Gilman
By: Hira Ali
| Published: Jan 16, 2018
In 2010, Theresa S. Betancourt, Robert T. Brennan, Julia Rubin-Smith, Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, and Stephen E. Gliman, published “Sierra Leone’s Former…
LiteratureSierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002Child SoldiersChild soldiers (International law)War-Related Trauma