Assisted Reproductive Technology Essay

It is absolutely astounding the number of people that still believe some of those old wives tales about male fertility. The fact is that those myths are deeply embedded into our culture and we simply assume that they are true. Most men with infertility problems go along with the myths that might ring true. However, it seems like we should dig a little deeper into those myths to get rid of some of the confusion concerning fertility or infertility problems. Men Stay Fertile Into Their Golden…

Conceivement is a major life event in everyone's life, but with that, infertility can bring about social and psychological problems, from the effects on the women and the couple's relationship to the pressures generated from society, ruining the experience for the possible parents to be. Throughout the years, as we evolve, some things tend to never change. People’s perception and comprehension on some topics tend to stay unseen by the public because of the lack of awareness brought to such…

naturally conceiving a child and giving birth. Infertility as well as rising prevalence of homosexual couples in the eyes of the fields of medicine has lead to the development of methods of assisted reproduction, one method being that of In Vitro Fertilization. In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, has become a method of assisted reproduction highly recommended by physicians for infertile or homosexual couples. IVF, as it is related to the beginning of a life of a human, the health of the mother, and…

As with any technology as intricate as this one, there are some biological implications around in-vitro fertilization and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. Most PGD biological implications are comparable to those implications of IVF. Biological implications include the risks of the treatment for this technology and also the risk to the baby born after the process of IVF and PGD. The risk of the treatment: Fertility drug reaction Some woman may find they are having a mild reaction to the…

IVF is a process when a baby is scientifically formed. IVF helps people like heterosexual couples; same sex couples and single women to have their own baby. Many different people have different opinions on IVF were it is a positive or a negative treatment to have. IVF is a legal treatment in Australia and other countries however it is illegal in many other countries as well. IVF is a very risky treatment and there are many other alternate solutions instead of it. IVF is a process when a baby…

This technology is germline modification, which allows the DNA of an embryo to be changed for the life of the resultant human being and for the lives of his offspring. Germline modification is not currently in practice, but this technology will be possible in the future (“Germline Gene Transfer). Genetically modified embryos have ethical, social, and scientific implications. The reproductive technology at the root of germline modification is called In-vitro…

The male reproductive system can be divided into three subdivisions: spermatogenesis, performance of the male sexual act, and regulation of reproductive hormones. The reproductive system consists of the penis, testis, epididymis, and vas deferens (Figure 2). The testis are composed of approximately 900 coiled seminiferous tubules where the spermatozoa…

(Zhu). Since the discovery of In Vitro Fertilization there have been more than three million babies that have been born through this ground breaking development (Zhu). While many people see this technology as a blessing, other people see it as an inhumane way of conceiving a child, much like the technology of Victor Frankenstein and his creature. In Vitro Fertilization has many positives, negatives, and connections to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, while still impacting the lives of…

between assisted conception and birth defects (1-6). There are two main types of assisted conception that are linked with birth defects: in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) (1-6). “In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the joining of a woman 's egg and a man 's sperm in a laboratory dish. In vitro means outside the body. Fertilization means the sperm has attached to and entered the egg (7).” “Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), is an assisted reproductive…

In the United Kingdom, like other countries in the world, there are a number of men and woman who desire to have children. Although many desire to have children, there are some who are incapable of producing offspring because they are single and do not want to be sexually active outside of a relationship, or because their choice of sexual orientation does not biologically allow them. The article “Single Men Will Get the Right to Start a Family Under New Definition of Infertility” is discussing…