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Intrauterine Insemination

By: Tian Zhu | Published: Jul 22, 2009

Intrauterine insemination (IUI), also known as artificial insemination, is one of the earliest and simplest assisted reproductive technologies (ART…

TechnologyArtificial InseminationFertilizationReproduction
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“Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco” (2020), by Jessica Trowbridge and Colleagues

By: Federico Mellani | Published: Aug 14, 2025

In 2020, Jessica Trowbridge and colleagues published “Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in…

FirefightersFluorocarbonsOccupational ExposureFire fightersPerfluorinated chemicals

Gardasil HPV Vaccination Series

By: Alexis Darby, Grace Kim | Published: Jul 30, 2021

In 2006, United States pharmaceutical company Merck released the Gardasil vaccination series, which protected recipients against four strains of…

TechnologyHPV VaccinePapillomavirus InfectionsCervical CancerGenital Warts

Alexandre Lion’s Incubator Charities in Europe (1894–1898)

By: Kelsey Locey | Published: Mar 14, 2017

Alexandre Lion established incubator charities in the late 1890s in France to promote his infant incubator. Lion’s infant incubators kept premature…

OrganizationIncubatorsPremature InfantsPerinatologyIncubators, Infant

Evans v. People of the State of New York [Brief] (1872)

By: Brock Heathcotte | Published: Sep 12, 2010

Attempts by the New York legislature to make abortion a crime regardless of the stage of gestation were permanently frustrated because the court…

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NovaSure Endometrial Ablation

By: Emily Santora | Published: Sep 20, 2019

NovaSure is a device for endometrial ablation, which is a procedure that removes the endometrium, that the US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,…

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The Infant Incubator in Europe (1860-1890)

By: Kelsey Locey | Published: Feb 11, 2017

In the nineteenth century, obstetricians in Europe began to construct devices to incubate infants in increasingly controlled environments. The infant…

TechnologyPremature InfantsObstetricsMaternal and infant welfareIncubators (Pediatrics)

Acid Dissolution of Fossil Dinosaur Eggs

By: Madison Paige | Published: Feb 11, 2017

Acid dissolution is a technique of removing a fossil from the surrounding rock matrix in which it is encased by dissolving that matrix with acid.…

TechnologypaleontologyPaleontological excavationsVertebrates, FossilEggs, Fossil

Ethics and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Jun 10, 2009

The recent development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and related technologies has caught the attention of scientists, activists,…

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The US President's Council on Bioethics (2001-2009)

By: Ceara O'Brien | Published: Feb 18, 2014

The US President's Council on Bioethics was an organization headquartered in Washington D.C. that was chartered to advise then US President George W…

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