Embryo transfer

The boundaries of technology, science, and medicine seemed practically unlimited in the last decade of the twentieth century. Researchers were cracking genetic codes to fatal diseases to help find cures and save lives. The capacity of computer memory continued to multiply and little silicon chips were found in toys, remotes, computers and just basically everything. GPS systems were created and put inside cars to help give people information on where they're going and guide people on their way to…

In the article, “Bionic spine could pave the way for new paralysis treatments”, we can see how sheep were utilized in a research project. In this study, the sheep were inserted with a stentrode device, which was placed in the blood vessel that is associated with the movement part of their brain. The stentrode, which is also known as a bionic spine is able to pick up the motor cortex’s signals by use of electrodes. For 190 days, the stentrode recorded the signals of the sheep’s movement (NHS…

3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS 3.1 Materials The main material that used was sodium dodecyl sulphate and Zebrafish embryo. SDS was purchased from Sigma Aldrich with concentration of 99.95%. The embryo of the zebrafish larva was obtained by breeding the adult zebrafish in the laboratory. Furthermore, the other basic materials that was used including aquarium tanks, breeding tanks, water filter, fish food pellet and Instant Ocean Salt. While for the measurement tools that used were pH meter, cylinder,…

millions of eggs are needed. This high supply of eggs is currently not available. Moreover, is the extraction of eggs costly and painful for the women. However, most contra arguments on therapeutic cloning refer to the moral level of argumentation. Embryos are considers humans as…

In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley appears to be against cloning due to the treatment the creature faces from society, the creatures negative behavior, and how Mary Shelley describes the creature. A clone is a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived (Dictionary). The term cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity. The copied…

Without closely analyzing the book “Frankenstein” many tend to believe that Victor would be a huge part of our advanced research in stem cells and cloning because that was the basis of his work. But they tend not to look at the outcome, just as Victor did when creating the monster. Hungry for knowledge Victor was just like many modern scientists: experimental, curious and bias. A monster was created with two wretched hearts; a baby will be created with two beautiful blue eyes. A monster was…

Dystopian texts often present an exaggerated vision of the world that is vastly different to reality, mostly as the consequence of certain human responses and actions in the past or current society, thus adding to the shocking aspects of the text. Literature of the dystopia genre also challenge preconceptions about the world and the human identity, thus provoking further contemplation about what it means to be human. Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian novel Never Let Me Go (2005) demonstrates that…

has once again defied the laws of ethics and nature, and we now have a way! An embryo is one of the earliest stages of reproduction, where all the genetic information starts coming into place. There have been experiments editing human embryos, but Fredrik Lanner in Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, was the first to inform this process to the public. He let media watch his researchers edit the human embryos using a new machine called the CRISPR/Cas9. This machine allows researchers to…

grow an embryo from an egg with a nucleus obtained from another cell. Cloning has come a very long way since then: from Briggs and King in 1952, when they tried (and failed) to clone a frog, all the way to now, with human cloning (as you can see it in any good science fiction film) on the horizon. The exciting thing is…

There are some challenges in order to produce monozygotic twins in a rhesus monkey. There are two major challenges which are the deficient pregnancy rates following embryo transfer and the inherent difficulties in supporting twin pregnancy in a rhesus monkey. Rhesus monkey is not normally carried twins but in certain cases where the species naturally occurring twin pregnancies, the offspring rarely survive. The twins are usually born smaller and weaker than the single babies due to the…