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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. African-American woman (1920–1951), source of HeLa immortal cell line "Lacks" redirects here. For other uses, see Lack. Henrietta Lacks Lacks c. 1945–1951. Born Loretta Pleasant (1920-08-01) August 1, 1920 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. Died October 4, 1951 (1951-10-04) (aged 31) Baltimore ...
Arrival of a Dutch Ship by Kawahara Keiga, depicting Ine, Taki, and Siebold at Dejima. Shiimoto Ine was born on 31 May 1827 [a] in the city of Nagasaki. [2] The surname Shiimoto came from a Japanese rendering [4] of the surname of her German father, the physician Philipp Franz von Siebold, who was living on Dejima, an artificial island off Nagasaki to where foreign trade was restricted during ...
Shinya Yamanaka proved that introduction of a small set of transcription factors into a differentiated cell was sufficient to revert the cell to a pluripotent state. Yamanaka focused on factors that are important for maintaining pluripotency in embryonic stem (ES) cells.
Hadiyah-Nicole Green (1981-) is an American medical physicist, known for the development of a method using laser-activated nanoparticles as a potential cancer treatment. [1] [2] [3] She is one of 66 black women to earn a Ph.D. in physics in the United States between 1973 and 2012, [4] and is the second black woman and the fourth black person ever to earn a doctoral degree in physics from The ...
Johanna Budwig (1908 – 2003) was a German biochemist, alternative cancer treatment advocate and writer. [1] Budwig was a pharmacist and held doctorate degrees in physics and chemistry. [2]
Hospitalized women are less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital if they are treated by female doctors, a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.. In the study ...
The 78-year-old media personality wrote that she was in college at the time of the incident and had booked an appointment with the gynecologist to obtain birth control.
Gladys Louise McGarey (née Taylor, November 30, 1920 – September 28, 2024) was an American holistic physician and medical activist. Over her career, McGarey promoted better childbirth practices, holistic medicine, and acupuncture through her medical practice, speeches, and books.