Gregory Pincus

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Gregory Pincus - United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Pincus

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Yamamoto is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received numerous honors, including the Vanderbilt Medal of Merit and the Gregory Pincus Medal.

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