Sentences with phrase «parts as embryos»

We employ similar pathways to shape our parts as embryos, but over the course of evolution, humans may have lost the ability to tap into it as adults, perhaps because the cell division required for regeneration elevated the likelihood of cancer.

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At Psalms 139, the man David was inspired to write that «your (God's) eyes saw even the embryo (comprising 56 days) of me, and in your book all its (the human body) parts were down in writing (our DNA), as regards the days when they were not formed (before becoming a fetus), and there was not yet one (complete organ) among them.»

Or how was a man named David, a simple shepherd at one time some 3,000 years ago, able to specify that we are formed by means of a set of detailed instruction within our DNA, that makes each of us unique, saying: «Your (God's) eyes saw even the embryo (up through 56 days after conception) of me, and in your book (the instructions in DNA) all its parts were down in writing, as regards the days when they were formed and there was not yet one (organ) among them»?

For a summary of some of the scientific research which supports the view that the fetus is not a prepackaged human being (e.g., even something so relatively simple as a fingerprint arises at least in part due to chance events not present in a fertilized egg) see Charles Gardner, «Is an Embryo a Person?

Some abortion opponents have trouble with the whole idea of growing embryos as a source, as it were, of spare parts.

For some sixty years biochemists hunted for a single molecule or groups of molecules that might be responsible for «organizing» the development of the parts of the embryo such as legs and eyes.

This is true of cases such as ectopic pregnancy, where the embryo becomes stuck in the fallopian tube and part of the tube has to be removed (usually along with the embryo) to prevent the woman from dying or in the case of pre-eclampsia at the other end of pregnancy.

They grow up with a belief about the nature of the embryo, so events in their lives lead them 10 believe that the embryo is a unique person, or a fetus; that people are intimately tied to their biological roles, or that these roles are but a minor part of life: that motherhood is the most important and satisfying role open to a woman, or that motherhood is only one of several roles, a burden when defined as the only role.

PGS for gay couples helps determine if any of the embryos have extra or missing chromosomes, known as aneuploidy, or if any chromosomes have translocated, which means a piece of a chromosome has broken off and reattached itself to a different part of the chromosome or even to another chromosome.

In a study in 1997 of 2,173 embryo transfers performed as part of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), 34 % were successfully delivered pregnancies.

As part of a wider inquiry, it found two bulls born in the UK from the embryo of a cloned US cow, one of which had entered the food chain.

Britain on Monday granted its first licence for the genetic modification of human embryos as part of research into infertility and why miscarriages happen, in a move likely to raise ethical concerns.

The genome - editing technique earned top honors, in part because of achievements such as «the creation of a long - sought «gene drive» that could eliminate pests or the diseases they carry, and the first deliberate editing of the DNA of human embryos.»

As part of these ongoing research activities, the DNA of Dravet patients without SCN1A mutations was analyzed by trio exome sequencing, which searches across the active parts of the genome for de novo mutations that have arisen in these patients (de novo mutations are DNA copying errors that occur in the parents» gametes or in the fertilized egg or embryo, resulting in the afflicted family member being the first person in their family to have this genetic condition).

The research builds on earlier work by the Auke Bay Laboratories, part of NOAA Fisheries» Alaska Fisheries Science Center, which found much reduced survival of pink salmon exposed as embryos to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from crude oil.

As the embryo grows, each body part influences the others.

Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University captured the development of human embryos in images as part of their work using a gene - editing tool.

In experiments with lab mice, she discovered how small groups of cells dance about to form an embryo and how a layer of cells surrounding the embryo itself, previously thought of as nothing more than a protective cloak, orchestrates the formation of an embryo's body parts.

It is now believed that this protein acts as a delayed silencer; it hangs around in the egg and keeps certain genes from turning on in certain parts of the embryo until days after fertilization.

These studies were done with the knowledge that the embryo and fetus develop under the control of hormones at parts per billion and parts trillion, and that as the baby matures hormone concentrations are regulated by sensitive, thermostat - like, feedback control systems in the brain.

«This technique can give us an objective measure of which embryo to choose as part of the IVF process.»

He was also a Fulbright Scholar, and was part of the team that cloned the world's first human embryo, as well as the first to successfully generate stem cells from adults using somatic - cell nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning).

So part of how you make the tissues as an embryo develops is exactly those type of mechanical stresses.

In large part as a result of the President's decision, the U.S. Congress has taken a renewed interest in legislation regulating embryo research.

«Whether used to bring cloned human embryos to live birth (so - called «reproductive» cloning), or to exploit them as sources of «spare parts» for other humans (so - called «therapeutic» cloning), human cloning diminishes us all,» McQuade added.

Particularly in an election year, Republicans do not want to challenge Bush with new legislation, even though some of the most strident conservatives in the party are now in favor allowing scientists to study cells from embryos that were frozen as part of assisted reproduction techniques.

The aim of this process is to produce a developing embryo in which each cell (including those that will develop into gametes in the future) carries the newly inserted gene as part of its genetic make - up.

And as I have just did my egg retrieval yesterday, I wanted to cleanse myself from all the toxins that may occur during my stimulations injections & whatnots, as part of my preparation for the coming embryo transfer.

Logically, the parts removed in spaying are the parts of female cats» reproductive tract which is responsible and has a job for egg or ova production, embryo and fetus development, and also the secretion of female reproductive hormones such as estrogen and progesterone.