Sentences with phrase «embryos outside the womb»

A world in which ectogenesis — the artificial development and «birth» of human embryos outside the womb — is the norm, «and less than 30 per cent of children are... born of woman», a world of ectogenetic parents selected to improve the quality of the gene pool, advancing each generation in any desired respect «from the increased output of first - class music to... decreased convictions for theft».

Although the origins of the rule go back over 40 years, it has been much in the news lately as scientists have developed methods to considerably extend the life of embryos outside the womb.

Not exact matches

Rather, the embryo is human merely by virtue of this physical and spiritual substance created by the union of sperm and egg (or at least by virtue of its purported ability to survive physically outside the womb)

Q3 Is there any human being outside the womb who has exactly the same DNA as the cells in the set of fetuses / embryos in a given uterus?

Q3 Is it true that there isnt any human being outside the womb who has exactly the same DNA as the cells in the set of fetuses / embryos in a given uterus?

The rule has allowed embryo research outside the womb for up to 14 days post-fertilization, after which time the embryo would be destroyed.

Understanding the conditions that cause these cells to go off to different fates may have a bearing on health problems such as ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when the embryo develops outside of the womb in about 1 of 60 pregnancies, or molar pregnancy, which is abnormal tissue growth within the uterus that affects about 1 in every 1,000 pregnancies.

The uterus seems to mirror the behavior, by having the material of the womb, the endometrium, the first maternal embrace an embryo receives, to grow outside of the womb, in an attempt to mother the woman who isn't mothering herself.