Pioneers in Reproductive Medicine: Fritz Fuchs, MD
on September 13, 2019
Dr. Fritz Fuchs was an internationally known obstetrician and gynecologist who, along with his colleague, Povi Riis, was the first to use amniocentesis for detecting the sex of a fetus in Demark in 1955. This...
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Pioneers in Reproductive Medicine: Brij Saxena, PhD
on August 1, 2019
Indian inventor, mentor, and researcher Dr. Brij Saxena was a pioneer in the field of reproductive endocrinology. In 1966, he was recruited by Nobel Laureate Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud to join Cornell University...
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Pioneers in Reproductive Medicine: Anna-Riitta Fuchs, PhD
on July 5, 2019
Finnish endocrinologist and educator Anna-Riitta Fuchs was renowned in the field of reproductive medicine. She worked as a scientist for the Population Council at Rockefeller University in the 1960s, where she...
Pioneers in Reproductive Medicine: Vincent du Vigneaud, PhD
on June 5, 2019
Nobel Laureate Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud pioneered research in oxytocin during his long career at Cornell University Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medicine.) Oxytocin, a polypeptide hormone, is responsible...
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Pioneers in Reproductive Medicine: John MacLeod, PhD
on May 10, 2019
Scottish scientist John MacLeod was a leading expert in male infertility and the behavior of the human spermatozoa. In 1938 he received an offer to head the male infertility clinic at Cornell University...
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