BIOL 4651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series, Somatic Cell
31 Aug 2020
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Chapter 8 reproductive technologies: surrogacy and cloning. What is a surrogate: differentiation between contractual definition of being mother and biological definition of being mother, gestational mother caries child to birth, genetic provides egg and sperm. Infertility in us: 7. 3 million people affected, 28000 estimated number of babies born through surrogacy, same sex couples can use surrogacy to start family, ,000 to 120,000. Cloning arguments: pro-cloning, helps people who cannot have children, genetic uniqueness is not necessary for sufficient for personal uniqueness, anti-cloning, will most likely cause birth defects, violates right to open future. Case study 2 cloning to bring back child: katherine gordon"s 17 year old daughter was killed by drunk driver katherine became obsessed with bringing part of her daughter back in some way and froze cells. Case study 3 baby m: mary beth whitehead agreed to become surrogate mother for william and elizabeth.
