He showed that cortisone, injected into pregnant mice, caused cleft palates in the offspring, and that the frequency of induced clefts varied with the genotype, thus bringing genetics into teratology.
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He was President of the European Teratology Society ( 1980 1982 ); and a co-founder and Chairman ( 1979 1981 ) of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems ( ICBDMS ).
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You won't find this particular mixture of human, animal, and plant teratology anywhere in medieval books or art, although medieval people were very alive to the reality of ghosts and demons.
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While this is still part of the teratological evaluation procedures today, the field of Teratology is moving to a more molecular level, seeking the mechanism ( s ) of action by which these agents act.
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In 1981, he co-founded the International Federation of Teratology Societies and in 1982 at the congress of the International Epidemiological Association that was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was elected to its Council.
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Hurley held Guggenheim Fellowships in 1962 and 1969 . She was elected president of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health in 1974, the Teratology Society in 1975, and the American Institute of Nutrition in 1984.
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Apgar was also a lecturer ( 1965-1971 ) and then clinical professor ( 1971-1974 ) of pediatrics at Cornell University School of Medicine, where she taught teratology ( the study of birth defects ).
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The " James G . Wilson Publication Award " is annually presented in recognition of the best paper accepted or published in the journal " Birth Defects Research ( formerly known as Teratology ) ."
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This article is closely tied to teratology, which also needs work . " Birth defect " redirects to congenital disorder, but I'm not sure if the two really are equivalent, or which one is more appropriate.
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Research with " D . rerio " has yielded advances in the fields of developmental biology, oncology, toxicology, reproductive studies, teratology, genetics, neurobiology, environmental sciences, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and evolutionary theory.
