In vitro fertilisation

Advocate of human cloning, Amanda Tattum claims that “There is no morally significant difference between a fertilised egg in a petri dish in an IVF [in-vitro fertilisation] clinic, a cloned cell, and a skin cell: they could all be persons, with the application of modern technology". This statement could easily be manipulated to make the view-point that they are all pointless. The cloning process could help infertile…

How Chlamydia Affects Young Australians Chlamydia is known to be the most common sexually transmissible disease (STI) among Australians, particularly young Australians.(1) Whilst curing the infection is often as simple as a single dose of antibiotics, notifications of chlamydia in young Australians continue to increase in number each year, flagging chlamydia as a public health concern. (1) 
This essay will focus on the determinants of health relating to the prevalence of chlamydia among young…

There was a scientific breakthrough in 2006 where scientists had discovered a way to genetically reprogram mouse mature cells to convert them into a cell that has embryonic stem cell properties and these cells were named ‘induced pluripotent stem cells’ although it is still undetermined whether this new stem cell and embryonic stem cells are critically different. Human induced pluripotent stem cells were developed a year later in 2007. Scientists are optimistic about these stem cells and they…

Human Manipulations of Genetic Transfer and its Biological Implications For years, humans have been able to manipulate the alleles in animals for favourable traits through the use of selective breeding. But, now that technology has become so advanced, humans have developed a new process of manipulating the gene transfer through transgenesis, where scientists can create new alleles in animals. This essay shows how the selective breeding method and transgenesis method are carried out on the…

saviour siblings are conceived for the sole purpose of aiding their elder sibling who is suffering from a life- threatening illness. This is done using reproductive technology called preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in combination with in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and Human Leukocyte Antigen…

What would life be like if it took place in a dystopic society? What would change and what would remain the same? A dystopian society is described or defined as: “a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.” In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, readers are shown the life of Bernard Marx and other characters that live in this very controlled and futuristic world. It is shown as a “perfect” world gone wrong. Even though everyone seems happy…

How can animals facing extinction be helped using modern science? Identification and description of the problem Extinction is referred to as the death of the last organism of a certain species; thus ending those organisms altogether. However, since most species are globally spread out this is something that takes careful consideration of every fact such as ‘is there a possibility the organism may have has a chance of survival somewhere unexpected?’(Hawking, 2012) Biologists have been trying…

SOCIAL EGG FREEZING : does it really empower women? RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: This research project is a study on the impact of social egg freezing on the life of a woman. more importantly the aim of the project is 1 what are the social conditions that pushes a woman to take help of egg freezinng? 2 to ascertin whether social egg freezing empowers woman and help bridge gender gaps 3what are the long term risks that come with social egg freezing? is it really worth taking so much risk? 4what are…

production of insulin. Humans use gene therapy and extracted cells to mass produce insulin for diabetes patients. Insulin is not considered to be immoral, even though, yes, literally, life is being destroyed. Another great example is IVF, or vitro fertilisation. This is the process of taking eggs from a woman, and mixing it with sperm in a petri dish, then inserting it back into the woman’s stomach. Does this process sound familiar? It very closely resembles the process of Therapeutic cloning.…