In vitro fertilisation

I attended the science speaker series on February 27th, when Laurie Mackenzie spoke on the current scientific developments and obstacles relating to the ethics of human reproduction and IVF. She gave a brief overview of how eggs are fertilized, detailing that the lifespan of an egg after ovulation is 12-14 hours, whereas sperm can live for up to 7 days, meaning that the perfect sperm must reach the egg that wants it quite quickly, or else the egg will wither and die, resulting in nothing other…

birth technologies a revolutionary way to give infertile mothers and/or fathers a way to conceive, or does it simply a new form of slavery where children are commodities of their parents? The new technologies, including surrogacy and in vetro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, aim to provide a way to have biological children or conceive when it was previously difficult or impossible to naturally. However, these new advancements raise the question of where we draw the line between paying for the…

religious, feminist, and disability-rights advocates. Some couples are having a second baby to help save the sick child. The cord from the newborn baby hold stem cell that can be used to revise the disease the other child has. The technique involves in vitro fertilization follow by genetic testing of the embryos (The regulation of biotechnologies, 2004). Though that sounds wonderful there is a lot issue with that. The baby is not harmed, but they are refereed as ‘savior siblings’. While this…

Since the beginning of time women have struggled with infertility problems. The old theory of getting married and having a family are becoming harder to establish. A lot of women today are having a lot of issues, either from waiting too late to start a family or fertility problems. A woman’s ability to get pregnant start to decline in her mid-twenties and it gets more and more harder with time There are billions of women, even couples that are suffering from the ability to reproduce on their own…

they feel shame and embarrassment and don’t want anyone to know they are having trouble conceiving naturally (Marturana, 2016). The thought of seeking help is something hard to bring up and talk about. Options like adoption, surrogacy, sperm banks, vitro fertilization and other…

Living in today’s world of obstetrical medicine, biological sciences and technology has come together to detect if a fetus will have different genetic Disorders. Preimplantation Genetic Disorder (PGD) is used when screening on a cell from the embryo, for genetic defects. This allows couples to know if they are going to continue with the implant of the embryo. PGD also starts with the course of Invitro fertilization that consists of the egg retrieval and fertilization. Embryos are made in…

predict early pregnancy loss following in vitro fertilization based on 2601 infertility patients.” Although it produced more headers I found it interesting that I did not include the name of the actual topic ;however, it still produced the topic at hand. The second search keywords I used were in-vitro and cost I used cost as I was curious to the cost the procedure and the article name was Cost-effectiveness analysis of preimplantation genetic screening and in vitro fertilization versus expectant…

In the video, Dr. Scott Rae is making the comparison of using medical technology in the assist of procreation and using medical technology with the everyday usage of human’s bodily organs. He used the example of having medical technology assist people with kidney failure or with lung failure. The comparison is made when there is assistance with medical technology and procreation. To be honest, I have never thought of it that way. If there is a blockage in the fallopian tube, then why can’t…

procedure widely used to detect mutations that could lead to heredity diseases or genetic diseases harmful to the future child’s health. When a woman wants to be a mother, she can choose in vitro fertilization (IVF) where the eggs of the mother are removed and mixed with sperm in a laboratory ("Fertility Treatment: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)"). It is during this time embryo selection can occur if the mother wishes. The mother can choose a procedure called preimplantation genetic diagnosis.…

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…