Category Archives: Biomedical

Biomedicine, especially reproductive medicine, embryology

Room for a Womb – a transplant story

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Roger Gosden

It seems particularly fitting to congratulate a Swedish colleague who announced the world’s first successful uterine transplant the same week that the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine is announced from Stockholm. Not that the transplant will earn him the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomedical, Other | Tagged In Vitro Fertilization, Mats Brannstrom, medical ethics, Mullerian agenesis, ovarian transplant, Sherman Silber, surrogacy, uterine transplant | Comments Off

In a Nutshell

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Roger Gosden

“This chestnut orchard (or forest as one may call it) spread along the mountainside as far as the eye could see. The expanse of broad-topped, fruitful trees was interspersed with a string of villages of stone houses. The villages were … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomedical, Other | Tagged agronomy, almond, Appalachia, chestnut, Corsica, food supply, grain cereals, Green Revolution, horticulture, low carb diet, Malthus, nut trees, permanent agriculture, Russell Smith | 6 Comments

Tiny Terrors

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Roger Gosden

Peel back the soft green cover, and you might find menace skulking in a Virginia garden. A neighbor picked up a copperhead by its tail, which turned round to bite him (can you blame it?). Large wolf spiders enjoy nipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Animalia, Biomedical | Tagged Centers for Disease Control, ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, medicine, naturalist, ticks | 2 Comments

Baby’s First Picture

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Roger Gosden

The first picture of a baby is usually in the mother’s arms soon after delivery, and becomes pasted into an album for posterity. My mother missed out on that snapshot since I was born in austere post-war London when a … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomedical | Tagged baby, eggs, embryology, fertility, medicine, Patrick Steptoe, science, ultrasound | 2 Comments

About Redheads

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Roger Gosden

Sandy was not only his name but his nature too. He was a Saunders, a name that came down from Scotland via Ireland, as it had for one of my grandparents. He was also a blazing redhead, his hair as … Continue reading →