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“A Comparison of the Menstruation and Education Experiences of Girls in Tanzania, Ghana, Cambodia, and Ethiopia” (2014), by Marni Sommer, T. Mokoah Nana Ackatia-Armah, Susan Connolly, and Dana Smiles

By: Emily Santora | Published: Apr 13, 2021

In their 2014 article “A Comparison of the Menstruation and Education Experiences of Girls in Tanzania, Ghana, Cambodia, and Ethiopia,” hereafter “…

LiteratureMenstruationMenstrual CycleFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspects

“Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” (1953), by James Watson and Francis Crick

By: Victoria Hernandez | Published: Oct 31, 2019

In April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” or “A…

LiteratureDNAComplementary DNADNA ReplicationDeoxyribonucleic Acid

Chernobyl Heart (2003)

By: Jessica Cartwright | Published: Jun 01, 2018

In 2003, HBO Original Programming released the documentary Chernobyl Heart. Maryann De Leo directed and produced the film, which is about the…

LiteratureChernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986CesiumRadiation--Health aspectsIonizing radiation--Health aspects

Thesis: How Purported Scientific Failures Have Led to Advancements in IVF

By: Whitney Alexandra Tuoti | Published: Mar 17, 2021

This thesis shows us the history of how some of the first attempts at IVF in humans using various options such as donated egg cells and cryopreserved…

Fertilization in VitroIn vitro fertilizationScience in literatureMedical Laboratory SciencePublications
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“The Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy after Tubal Sterilization” (1997), by Herbert B. Peterson, Zhisen Xia, Joyce M. Hughes, Lynne S. Wilcox, Lisa Ratliff Tylor, and James Trussell

By: Cole Nichols | Published: Jun 05, 2025

In 1997, Herbert B. Peterson and colleagues published “The Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy after Tubal Sterilization,” hereafter “The Risk of Ectopic…

Female SterilizationMale SterilizationTubal sterilizationEctopic PregnancyObservational Study

George W. Beadle's One Gene-One Enzyme Hypothesis

By: Divyash Chhetri | Published: May 23, 2014

The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, proposed by George Wells Beadle in the US in 1941, is the theory that each gene directly produces a single enzyme…

Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989GeneticsGenetics, ExperimentalDrosophila melanogaster

"The Inductive Capacity of Oral Mesenchyme and Its Role in Tooth Development" (1969-1970), by Edward J. Kollar and Grace R. Baird

By: Kate MacCord | Published: Mar 15, 2013

Between February 1969 and August 1970 Edward Kollar and Grace Baird, from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, published three papers that…

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Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941)

By: Karen Wellner | Published: Jun 16, 2010

Ernest Everett Just was an early twentieth century American experimental embryologist involved in research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)…

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Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (2013)

By: Abigail Cave | Published: Aug 02, 2024

In the 2013 legal case Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., hereafter AMP v. Myriad, the United States Supreme Court held in…

PatentNucleotide sequenceBreast CancerBRCA1 geneBRCA2 gene

John Langdon Down (1828–1896)

By: Risa Aria Schnebly, Grace Fitzgerald | Published: Aug 12, 2021

John Langdon Down studied medicine in England in the nineteenth century and was one of the first people to develop a complete description of the…

Down syndromeDevelopmental DisabilitiesPartial Trisomy 21 Down SyndromeTrisomyPartial Trisomy