In 1970, everybody knew, or believed they did, how the flow of genetic information in a cell works. The Central Dogma of genetics dictated that DNA is transcr...
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On Monday, March 16, in a monumental act of courage and selflessness, Jen Haller, age 43, became the first person to receive the first-ever injection of an inv...
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By Nkeiruka Obi - Here’s the story of a woman you should know: Konate Diomande Siami, a mother from Côte d’Ivoire in Africa who gave birth to five children, th...
"When a girl gets her period in the United States, she may miss a class. When a girl gets her period in a developing country, she may never go to school again....
When we think of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, we are reminded of late nights, huddled up to the radio, listening and learning things about sex we’d never hear in healt...
In 1983, as Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, was preparing for her history-making flight aboard the space shuttle Challenger, engineers as...