ShyGuyInChicago
November 4th, 2010, 07:43 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IVF
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a reproductive technology in which a female egg is joined with a male sperm cell in a test tube (in vitro). The first IVF baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in England in 1978. The term in vitro, from the Latin root meaning within the glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is used to refer to any biological procedure that is performed outside the orgasm it would normally be occurring in, to distinguish it from an in vivo procedure, where the tissue remains inside the living organism within which it is normally found. A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF, "test tube babies", refers to the tube-shaped containers of glass or plastic resin, called test tubes, that are commonly used in chemistry labs and biology labs. However, in vitro fertilisation is usually performed in the shallower containers called Petri dishes. One IVF method, Autologous Endometrial Coculture, is actually performed on organic material, but is still considered in vitro. [1]
In your opinion what do you think of IVF treatments for older women? Do you think it is fair on the child with the greater possibility of the mother dying before the child reaches the age of majority? What about the health risks older pregnant women face?
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a reproductive technology in which a female egg is joined with a male sperm cell in a test tube (in vitro). The first IVF baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in England in 1978. The term in vitro, from the Latin root meaning within the glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is used to refer to any biological procedure that is performed outside the orgasm it would normally be occurring in, to distinguish it from an in vivo procedure, where the tissue remains inside the living organism within which it is normally found. A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF, "test tube babies", refers to the tube-shaped containers of glass or plastic resin, called test tubes, that are commonly used in chemistry labs and biology labs. However, in vitro fertilisation is usually performed in the shallower containers called Petri dishes. One IVF method, Autologous Endometrial Coculture, is actually performed on organic material, but is still considered in vitro. [1]
In your opinion what do you think of IVF treatments for older women? Do you think it is fair on the child with the greater possibility of the mother dying before the child reaches the age of majority? What about the health risks older pregnant women face?