Embryo transfer

Introduction Antepartum Desire to Breastfeed The authors of the article entitled New Evidence on Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression (2014) include Cristina Borra, Maria Iacovou, and Almudena Sevilla. The study aimed to identify the causal effect of breastfeeding on postpartum depression. This studies utilizes the Avon Longitudinal study Study of Parents and Children, and includes a sample of 14,000 British women and children. The postpartum assessments that were gathered for data were…

This stage occurs during the third week after conception. This is the stage in which the cells or the embryo began to form human body parts. The embryo will form our bodies important systems that were discussed earlier.The neural tube begins to form in this stage, and them will develop into the central nervous system.The fourth week is usually when the head will form, and the…

lives. With these hopes, brings so many ethical controversies, and so many people have such strong oppositions. One of the biggest controversy is that, opponents argue that the way an embryo is destroyed is comparable to an abortion. An abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy usually before an embryo or fetus is capable of independent life. Scientist collect embryonic stem cells…

Dear my friend: You don’t have to be so upset about all stem cell research and treatments. In fact, the belief that stem cells come from aborted fetuses is a misconception. I will clarify this misconception for you. I will begin by explaining the basic stem cell biology. There are two big categorized cells, stem cells and specialized cells. Our bodies contain many types of specialized cells, and each type of specialized cells functions for different purposes. Examples include eye cells, heart…

live birth rate using assisted reproductive technologies (ART), under optimal conditions, was 75 percent after three cycles of treatment. However, this rate increased to 81 percent when transferring blastocyst embryos (transferred on day five or six) compared to 65 percent for cleavage embryos (Bowen 2000). The estimated rates of conceiving naturally are 45 percent, 65 percent and 85 percent after three, six and 12 months, respectively” (Spain 2012). Overall is this process cheating our…

In early nineteen fifty-four, a German pharmaceutical company had began it’s clinical trials on the new revolutionary medicine called Thalidomide. At this time new drugs only needed to be tested on rodents to pass regulatory inspections, but researchers decided to take their studies further. During voluntary human experiments, they found Thalidomide to be incredibly effective at treating morning sickness and insomnia. Although classified as a sedative, Thalidomide soon earned the title of…

Parents have the right to make decisions on what their family should do or how to prepare for the news that is received through genetic testing. This type of testing can give families the option to be prepared and making financial plans for treatment, get their homes ready, or possibly make the decision of choosing abortion. Prenatal genetic testing can help new parents aware if their child is going to born with a genetic defect or mutation. Tests can check the babies’ overall development and…

Why am I having this test? The estrogen fractions test is used to evaluate: Sexual maturity, menstrual problems, and fertility problems in females. The health of a fetus and placenta in pregnant females. The presence of female characteristics in males (feminization syndromes). This test can also be used as a tumor marker in people with estrogen-producing tumors. What is being tested? This test measures the levels of estrogen in the blood. There are three major forms of estrogen: Estriol. Estriol…

In the days after conception, the fertilized egg begins to form a mass of cells called a blastocyst. It is from this mass of cells that all of the human body originates from. The nuclei of all of the cells in the blastocyst contain genes that turn some cells into bone cells and others into skin cells. The cells found in the inner mass of the blastocyst are called embryonic stem cells and have the potential to differentiate into almost all other cells in the body; the pluripotency of these cells…

The overall purpose of the Stages of Embryonic Development of Zebrafish experiment was to provide in-depth documentation on the different stages that a zebrafish undergoes throughout its growth as an embryo. The main idea of the article is to propose the embryonic development of zebrafish in an efficient and intuitive manner known as stages. In this case Kimmel et al didn’t look to resolve any questions, but sought to improve the current portrayal of the zebrafish embryonic development. In the…