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1998

#13286

Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts.

THOMSON, James Alexander (1958 – ) ITSKOVITZ-ELDOR, Joseph SHAPIRO, Sander S. & et al.

Thomson and collaborators first isolated embryonic stem cells from human blastocysts. Order of authorship in original publication: Thomson, Itskovitz-Eldor, Shapiro et al. Available online from science.sciencemag.org …

1998

#13957

Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans.

FIRE, Andrew Zachary (1959 – )
FIRE, Andrew Zachary (1959 – )
MELLO, Craig Cameron (1960 – )
MELLO, Craig Cameron (1960 – ) XU, SiQun & et al.

The authors reported that tiny snippets of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) effectively shut down specific genes, driving the destruction of messenger RNA (mRNA) with sequences matching the dsRNA. As a result, the mRNA can…

1998

#13977

Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured human primordial germ cells.

GEARHEART, John D. (1943 – 2020) SHAMBLOTT, Michael J. AXELMAN, Joyce & et al.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Shamblott, Axelman,... Gearheart. Gearheart led the team that successfully developed human embryonic germ cells, pluripotent stem cells derived from primordial germ cel…

1998

#14153

Anderson Ruffin Abbott: First Afro-Canadian doctor

ABBOTT, Anderson Ruffin (1837 – 1913)
ABBOTT, Anderson Ruffin (1837 – 1913)

"Anderson Ruffin Abbott, son of a wealthy properties speculator, pursued a classical education in preparation for a professional career. Graduating from the Toronto School of Medicine in 1861 he became the first Canad…

1998

#14264

CYCLE Is a Second bHLH-PAS Clock Protein Essential for Circadian Rhythmicity and Transcription of Drosophila period and timeless.

HALL, Jeffrey Connor (1945 – )
HALL, Jeffrey Connor (1945 – )
ROSBASH, Michael Morris (1944 – )
ROSBASH, Michael Morris (1944 – ) RUTILA, Joan E. SURI, Vipin LE, Myai SO, W. Venus

In 1998 Rosbach, Hall and colleagues discovered the cycle gene, clock gene, and cryptochrome photoreceptor in Drosophila through the use of forward genetics, by first identifying the phenotype of a mutant and then det…

1999

#7032

Taking positions. On the erotic in Renaissance culture.

TALVACCHIA, Bette

Of particular relevance to the history of medical literature is Chapter 8: "Mythology, Sexuality, and Science in Charles Estienne's Manual of Anatomy" (pp. 161-188). This refers to Estienne's De dissectione partium co…

1999

#8722

The surgeon's stage: A history of the operating room.

MÖRGELI, Christoph (1960 – )

Perhaps the only book on this special subject; numerous illustrations, mostly in color.

1999

#9193

The birth of the cell.

HARRIS, Sir Henry (1925 – 2014)

1999

#9224

African-American dental surgeons and the U.S. Army Dental Corps: A struggle for acceptance, 1901-1919.

HYSON, John Miller Jr. (1927 – 2009)

Digital text from the U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History at this link. (This study does not seem to have been formally published; WorldCat is uncertain of its publication date.)

1999

#9810

Medicina antiqua. Codex Vindobonensis 93. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Introduction by Peter Murray Jones, commentary by Franz Unterkircher. Manuscripts in Miniature, No. 4.

JONES, Peter Murray UNTERKIRCHER, Franz

Color reproduction, reduced in size by one-third, of "a compendium of popular Late Antique texts brought together in the 6th century. It contains writings on herbs and materia medica by authors heavily reliant on the …

1999

#10315

Against the odds: Blacks in the profession of medicine in the United States.

WATSON, Wilbur H. (1938 – 1998)

1999

#11071

Tobacco mosaic virus: Pioneering research for a century. A theme issue edited by B. D. Harrison and T. M. A. Wilson.

HARRISON, Bryan Desmond (1931 – ) WILSON, T. M. A.

1999

#12516

The diffusion of Greco-Roman medicine into the Middle East and the Caucasus. Edited by J.A.C. Greppin, E. Savage-Smith, and J. L. Gueriguian.

SAVAGE-SMITH, Emilie (1941 – ) GREPPIN, John A. C. (1937 – 2016) GUERIGUIAN, John L.

1999

#13080

Early black American leaders in nursing: Architects for integration and quality. (National League for Nursing Series).

DAVIS, Althea T.

1999

#14262

A pdf Neuropeptide gene mutation and ablation of PDF neurons each cause severe abnormalities of behavioral circadian rhythms in Drosophila.

HALL, Jeffrey Connor (1945 – )
HALL, Jeffrey Connor (1945 – ) RENN, Susan C. P. PARK, Jae H.
ROSBASH, Michael Morris (1944 – )
ROSBASH, Michael Morris (1944 – ) TAGHERT, Paul H. (1953 – )

In 2017 Hall shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.” Order of authorship in the orig…

2000

#7976

A population history of the United States. Edited by Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel.

STECKEL, Richard H. (1944 – ) HAINES, Michael R.

From Pre-Columbian times to the present.

2000 –2002

#8081

An American health dilemma: A medical history of African Americans and the problem of race. Vol. 1: Beginnings to 1900. Vol. 2: Race, medicine and health care in the United States 1900-2000.

BYRD, W. Michael CLAYTON, Linda A.

2000

#8676

Defining features: Scientific and medical portraits, 1660-2000.

JORDANOVA, Ludmilla (1949 – )
JORDANOVA, Ludmilla (1949 – )

2000

#8680

Spectacular bodies: The art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now.

KEMP, Martin (1942 – )
KEMP, Martin (1942 – ) WALLACE, Marina

2000

#9061

Creativity and disease: How illness affects literature, art and music. 4th edition.

SANDBLOM, Philip (1903 – 2001)
SANDBLOM, Philip (1903 – 2001)

2000

#9192

The emergence of life on earth. An historical and scientific overview.

FRY, Iris

2000

#9322

Biodiversity and native America. Edited by Paul E. Minnis and Wayne J. Elisens.

MINNIS, Paul E. (1951 – ) ELISENS, Wayne J. (1948 – )

2000

#9392

Something new under the sun: An environmental history of the twentieth-century world.

MCNEILL, John Robert (1954 – )

2000

#10670

The Aurelian legacy: British butterflies and their collectors. By Michael A. Salmon with additional material by Peter Marren and Basil Harley.

SALMON, Michael A. MARREN, Peter HARLEY, Basil H. (1931 – 2017)

2000

#12133

Chemical biology. Selected papers of H. Gobind Khorana (with introductions).

KHORANA, Har Gobind (1922 – 2011)
KHORANA, Har Gobind (1922 – 2011)

Khorana edited this selection of his key papers and wrote the introductions to each paper.

2000

#12212

Shaping biology: The National Science Foundation and American biological research, 1945-1975.

APPEL, Toby A. (1945 – )

"Scientists by training, NSF biologists hoped in the 1950s that the new agency would become the federal government's chief patron for basic research in biology, the only agency to fund the entire range of biology—from…

2000

#12328

Tuskegee's truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Edited by Susan M. Reverby.

REVERBY, Susan Mokotoff (1946 – )

2000

#13883

NDA II. The story of America's second National Dental Association.

DUMMETT, Clifton O. (1919 – 2011) DUMMETT, Lois Doyle

2000

#13952

Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit.

RAMAKRISHNAN, Venkatraman (1952 – ) & et al.

Ramakrishnan and colleagues determined the complete molecular structure of the 30S subunit of the ribosome and its complexes with several antibiotics. " The Abstract: "Genetic information encoded in messenger RNA is t…

2000

#13953

The structural basis of ribosome activity in peptide bond synthesis.

STEITZ, Thomas Arthur (1940 – 2018)
STEITZ, Thomas Arthur (1940 – 2018)

With Poul Nissen, Jeffrey Hansen, Nenad Ban, Peter B. Moore. Steitz shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."

2000

#13982

Architecture of RNA polymerase II and implications for the transcription mechanism.

KORNBERG, Roger David (1947 – )
KORNBERG, Roger David (1947 – )

Kornberg devoted two decades to the development of methods to visualize the atomic structure of RNA polymerase and its associated protein components. Initially, Kornberg took advantage of expertise with lipid membrane…

2000

#14073

Three dimensional structure of the Tn5 synaptic complex transposition intermediate.

DAVIES, Douglas R. GORYSHIN, Igor Y. REZNIKOFF, William S. & et al.

The authors provided a molecular framework for understanding transposition phenomena at the molecular level, including molecular images at 2.3Å resolution of the Tn5 transposase complexed to its respective Tn5 transpo…

2000

#14302

Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA.

RUVKUN, Gary Bruce (1952 – )
RUVKUN, Gary Bruce (1952 – ) PASQUINELLI, Amy E. REINHART, Brenda J. SLACK, Frank J.

Working with the let-7 gene, the authors led by Ruvkun showed that microRNA encoded by the let-7 gene was highly conserved, and present throughout the animal kingdom, proving that gene regulation by microRNA is univer…

2001

#6891

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCING CONSORTIUM

Initial draft sequence of the human genome from the publically financed project, involving the coordinated efforts of 20 laboratories and hundreds of people around the world. The full text is available from Nature at …

2001

#6892

The sequence of the human genome.

VENTER, John Craig (1946 – ) & et al.

Initial draft sequence of the human genome by Venter and the staff at Celera Genomics. The full text is available from Science at this link.

2001

#7654

Five hundred years of medicine in art: An illustrated catalogue of prints and drawings from the Clements C. Fry collection in the Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library.

WHEELER, Susan

2001

#7776

Bodies politic: Disease, death and doctors in Britain, 1650-1900.

PORTER, Roy Sydney (1946 – 2002)

Social history emphasizing the visual depiction of disease, death and doctors.

2001

#8124

Medical ethics in the ancient world.

CARRICK, Paul (1946 – )

2001

#10335

Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle cell anemia and the politics of race and health.

WAILOO, Keith A. (1962 – )

"Set in Memphis, home of one of the nation's first sickle cell clinics, Dying in the City of the Blues reveals how the recognition, treatment, social understanding, and symbolism of the disease evolved in the twentiet…

2001

#12145

Aristotle on life and death

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322)
ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) KING, R. A. H.

2001

#12890

Linus Pauling: Selected scientific papers. Vol. 1: Physical sciences. Vol. 2: Biomolecular sciences. Edited by Barclay Kamb, Linda Pauling Kamb, Peter Jeffress Pauling, Alexander Kamb, Linus Pauling, Jr.

PAULING, Linus Carl (1901 – 1994)
PAULING, Linus Carl (1901 – 1994) KAMB, Walter Barclay (1931 – 2011) KAMB, Linda Pauling PAULING, Peter Jeffress (1931 – 2003) KAMB, Alexander PAULING, Linus Jr. (1925 – )

2002

#7271

The primate fossil record.

HARTWIG, Walter Carl (1964 – )

A comprehensive collaborative study edited by Hartwig. Includes an extensive historical bibliography.

2002

#8011

African American alternative medicine: Using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases.

BAILEY, Eric J. (1958 – )

2002

#8706

Darwin Online. The complete works of Charles Darwin, edited by John van Wyhe.

DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882) VAN WYHE, John (1971 – )

http://darwin-online.org.uk/AboutUs.html Darwin's Complete Publications Books Origin of Species, Voyage of the Beagle, Descent of Man... Articles Volcanic, Darwin-Wallace paper... Published Letters Life and letters, D…

2002

#9076

Aristotle: Historia animalium. Volume 1, Books I-X: Text. Edited by D. M. Balme. Prepared for publication by Allan Gotthelf.

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322)
ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) BALME, David Mowbray (1912 – 1989) GOTTHELF, Allan Stanley (1942 – 2013)

Critical edition based on a collation of the 26 known extant manuscripts and a study of the early Latin translations. Begun by Balme in 1975, with his work towards the Loeb editio minor of books VII–X, this edition in…

2002

#9078

Aristotle: On the parts of the animals I-IV. Translated with commentary by James G. Lennox.

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322)
ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) LENNOX, James G. (1948 – )

2002

#9188

The structure of evolutionary theory.

GOULD, Stephen Jay (1941 – 2002)
GOULD, Stephen Jay (1941 – 2002)

A "technical book on macroevolution and the historical development of evolutionary theory.[1] The book was twenty years in the making,[2]published just two months before Gould's death.[3] Aimed primarily at profession…

2002

#9565

The evolution of the conservation movement, 1850-1920.

U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html "documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets, government…

2002

#9624

Working cures: Healing, health, and power on Southern slave plantations.

FETT, Sharla M.

2002

#9715

Healing kidney diseases in antiquity: Plants from Dioscorides' De materia medica, with Illustrations from Greek and Arabic manuscripts (A.D. 512-15th Century).

TOUWAIDE, Alain (1953 – )
TOUWAIDE, Alain (1953 – )