Homer Northup Calver, 1892-1970.

1892

rate, claiming amongst its victims princes, priests, and professional men of mark. H. R. H. Duke op Clarence succumbed after a week's illness to an attack of influenza, followed by pneumonia and collapse ; H. H. the Kliedive OF Egypt also died after a week's illness, which commenced with influenza and ended in pneumonia and ursemic coma. But the greatest mortality occurred amongst those well-st...

Norman Haire (1892-1952)

Norman Haire was a physician who advocated for eugenics [4], which is the betterment of human population by promoting positive traits, and birth control [5] rights in the twentieth century in both Australia and the UK. In the UK, Haire joined the Malthusian League, a contraception [6] advocacy organization [7], and helped the League open the first physiciansupervised birth control [5] clinic, c...

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Neural stem cells (NSCs) are defined by their ability to self-renew and to differentiate into mature neuronal and glial cell types. NSCs are the subject of intense investigation, owing to their crucial roles in neural development and adult brain function and because they present potential targets for gene and cell replacement therapies following injury or disease. Approaches to specifically gen...

Edgar Allen (1892-1943)

Edgar Allen identified and outlined the role of female sex hormones [2] and discovered estrogen [3] in the early 1900s in the US. In 1923, Allen, through his research with mice, isolated the primary ovarian hormone [4], later renamed estrogen [3], from ovarian follicles and tested its effect through injections in the uterine tissues of mice. Allen's work on estrogen [3], enabled researchers to ...

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