In vitro fertilisation

Fertility is the ability to produce children whereas infertility is the inability to produce children or to be able to carry a child to the end of the pregnancy or to delivery. Infertility is a very big problem amongst couples. According to The Columbia Encyclopedia, there are about forty percent of cases of infertility in men that have been reported and forty percent of cases of infertility in women that have been reported as well. There are some cases, about twenty percent, who have unknown…

Ever since the 19th century, there have been many advances in the biological field of embryology. We can attribute a majority of these advances to Karl Ernst von Baer and his findings of the basic fundamentals of embryology. Raised in a family of military officials, von Baer decided to choose his own path in life and pursue the study of embryology (Oppenheimer). His many discoveries, including the mammalian ovum and the germ layer theory has allowed modern day scientists to further the…

The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe the historical and recent advancements as well as to examine the ethical merit of the development of artificial wombs. Historically, the topic of an artificial womb extends far before Aldous Huxley penned the “Brave New Word”. In the 16th century, building upon Plato’s description of a “homunculus” – the creation of a fully formed, miniature man - Paracelsus introduced the following recipe: “Let the semen of a man putrefy by itself in a sealed…

born diagnosed with birth defects each year. (CDC.gov) However, there are ways to fix and prevent these problems. In Vitro Fertilization, germline gene therapy, and somatic gene therapy can be used to solve problems such as infertility, cure a variety of birth defects and genetically transmitted diseases, and with a little more research, could possibly be used to cure cancer. In Vitro fertilization, or IVF is a technique of assisted reproductive technology for treatment of infertility.…

In Vitro Fertilization has helped millions of producers produce their ideal calf or close to that ideal calf. Whether chosen for phenotype, genotype, EPDs, or show ring appeal, IVF hasn’t been far from the picture. Before having a flush performed the producer should know the facts, and about the steps for ET and have a donor and sire chosen to use on that donor. Selecting a genetically outstanding cow is something that is always looked at. Other things that are perceived are show ring appeal,…

In vitro fertilization is a form of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and is commonly referred to as IVF. The history of IVF is relatively short; the first baby to be born using this practice was in Cambridge, England in 1978, and soon after another baby was born in India the same year. Finally, in 1981, the first IVF baby was born in the United States and the live birth rate continues to grow. These babies being carried throughout the IVF process were eventually known as “test-tube babies”…

Steptoe started a revolution. Edwards and Steptoe successfully fertilized the first egg via in vitro. Louise Brown became known as the world’s first “designer baby”, born in 1978 to her mother Lesley. This revolutionary experiment would soon become a savior to infertile couples in the United Kingdom, eventually spreading to other countries such as the United States and Canada. Foremost, in vitro fertilization is a complicated and complex series of procedures, with the…

Based on research 95% and 99% of individuals diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome are infertile because they do not produce enough sperm to fertilize an egg naturally Paduch, D.A., Fine, R.G., Bolyakov, A., & Kiper, J. (2008) For infertility, Intracytoplasmic sperm injections have been a successful method for individuals diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome that are trying to conceive a child. For this procedure, a surgeon removes sperm from the testes injected into a needle and places one sperm…

1e) The APGAR scale is a simple test used to determine how the baby is doing at birth and to determine if it can continue on in the world without any additional medical interventions. The test is completed at 1 minute and again at 5 minutes. The test checks for: Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration. Each area of the test has a scale of 0-2. What, if any, interventions need to be considered is based off the test scores with a score of 7-10 being a normal healthy baby. A…

Katherine Santana Mrs. Tapia English 3 Honors 11 November, 2015 In Vitro Fertilization Patrick Steptoe, a pioneer of fertility treatment, once said, “I'm not a wizard or a Frankenstein tampering with Nature. We are not creating life. We have merely done what many people try to do in all kinds of medicine—to help nature. We found nature could not put an egg and sperm together, so we did it. We do not see anything immoral in doing that in the interests of the mother. I cannot see anything immoral…