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    An australian contemporary ethical issue is In vitro Fertilisation (IVF). There are 2 sides to IVF with those being the Australian secular perspective and the catholic church teachings. This essay is going to explore the nature of both sides to what they both believe in. the australian secular is willing to accept IVF for the fact that gay marriage has just passed through parliament and that it gives the LGBTQI community the chance to experience pregnancy. IVF also gives the opportunity to couples who may be infertile the chance to become a family. The catholic church teachings are against IVF as they believe that Science is taking away from god’s creation. Another reason to why the Catholic church teachings are against IVF because it takes away from the dignity of the mother. The australian secular perspective is for IVF but the catholic church teachings are against IVF.…

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    potential. Today, prospective parents can do much more than provide for their children while they are alive. They can ensure them a healthy life before they are born. Some fertility clinics, like the Fertility Institutes, offer a service called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, PGD. This service screens a couple’s in-vitro fertilization embryos for life-threatening…

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    Ivf Essay

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    IVF is the most effective form of assisted reproductive technology. In vitro fertilization is a complex series of procedures used to treat fertility or genetic problems and assist with the development of a child. Eggs are retrieved from ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a specialised laboratory, then the fertilized embryo are implanted in the uterus. IVF may involve eggs, sperm or embryos from an anonymous donor and in some cases, a woman who has an embryo implanted in her uterus might be used…

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    Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis is a procedure in which helps identify genetic defects within the embryos before implantation, that is created through in vitro fertilization that prevents diseases or disorders from being passed on to the offspring. IVF known as IN Vitro Fertilisation is a reproductive technique that is used to assist infertile couples to conceive a child. IVF is a reproductive technology in which the woman’s egg is removed and is joined with a sperm cell from a male in a test…

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    Infertility Essay

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    (uterine tissue growing outside the uterus). It may also be used to remove sub mucosal fibroids. In women with PCOS, laparoscopic ovarian drilling may be used. This involves destroying part of the ovary with heat or a laser. ASSISTED CONCEPTION Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as a group of therapies that involve the "handling" of both eggs and sperms. In vitro fertilization is the most commonly practiced type of ART. In this…

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    Approximately twenty percent of couples worldwide experience fertility problems (Infertility in women, 2014), but with IVF available, those couples have the opportunity to become parents. Professor Robert Edwards and gynaecologist Dr Patrick Steptoe started working alongside each other in 1968, with the intention of finding a remedy to assist couples experiencing fertility problems. This essay will describe IVF, and the events leading up to its revelation, furthermore the impact it made at the…

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    Pgd Pros And Cons

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    Another reason we have PGD is to create saviour sibling. This is where parents have another child specifically made to be able to do things like stem cell transplants to save their other sick child 's life. PGD allows the parents to screen the embryos making sure that they are a genetic match for the other child. In order for parents to undergo PGD, they first have to go through IVF- In-Vitro Fertilisation. This is the processes by which a woman is given hormones to over stimulate the…

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    a healthy male will convey the Y-chromosome delivering a male, and the other portion of the sperm will be the X-chromosome creating a female. By modifying the quantity of one chromosome or the other by isolating the layers, one is increasing the odds of creating an offspring of a particular sex. Amid sperm sorting, the sperm cells are isolated from the original liquid, the sperm is moved into solid and motile sperm, unusual sperm is sifted through; lastly the detachment of the X and Y-sperm…

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    ‘Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis’ Introduction: ’In-Vitro Fertilisation’ (IVF) is a process used by someone of whom wishes to have a child but is unable to due to fertility problems. The process of IVF occurs in laboratory conditions where a doctor will take both ova from the ovaries of the female and sperm from the male’s testes; The doctor will then fertilise the ova with the retrieved sperm in a nutrient rich solution and place it in an incubator for the embryo to form. Checks are made on…

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    Preimplantation Case Study

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    Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Pre-Implantation Diagnosis Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is the process which involves the testing of embryos which have been produced through the process of In vitro fertilisation (IVF), for a range of genetic disorders. It can test for recessive sex linked disorders such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Dominant sex linked disorders such as incontinentia pigmenti, single gene disorders such as sickle cell anaemia and cystic fibrosis, as well as chromosomal…

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