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About Designer Babies
You are probably wondering about what exactly is a designer baby. Here your answer. A designer baby is an infant created by genetic engineering combined with in vitro fertilization in order to ensure the absence or presence of a particular gene or characteristic. The process by which this happens is listed below.
1) Several eggs are extracted from the mother by doctors, sperm is supplies by father.
2) The father's sperm is used to fertilize the mother's eggs in labs.
3) After three days, several 8-cell embryos will have developed.
4) The doctor-scientist specialists examine the genetic makeup of the embryos, screening for both genetic diseases and desired gender.
5) Healthy embryos of the chosen gender are implanted in the mother.
6) Any additional healthy embryos may be cryo-frozen for future use.
8) Gestation and birth take place as normal.
Advanced reproductive techniques involve using In Vitro Fertilization or IVF to fertilize eggs with sperm in 'test-tubes' outside the mother's body in a laboratory. These techniques allow doctors and parents to reduce the chance that a child will be born with a genetic disorder. At the moment it is only legally possible to carry out two types of advanced reproductive technologies on humans. The first involves choosing the type of sperm that will fertilize an egg: this is used to determine the sex and the genes of the baby. The second technique screens embryos for a genetic disease: only selected embryos are implanted back into the mother's womb. This is called Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).
You are probably wondering about what exactly is a designer baby. Here your answer. A designer baby is an infant created by genetic engineering combined with in vitro fertilization in order to ensure the absence or presence of a particular gene or characteristic. The process by which this happens is listed below.
1) Several eggs are extracted from the mother by doctors, sperm is supplies by father.
2) The father's sperm is used to fertilize the mother's eggs in labs.
3) After three days, several 8-cell embryos will have developed.
4) The doctor-scientist specialists examine the genetic makeup of the embryos, screening for both genetic diseases and desired gender.
5) Healthy embryos of the chosen gender are implanted in the mother.
6) Any additional healthy embryos may be cryo-frozen for future use.
8) Gestation and birth take place as normal.
Advanced reproductive techniques involve using In Vitro Fertilization or IVF to fertilize eggs with sperm in 'test-tubes' outside the mother's body in a laboratory. These techniques allow doctors and parents to reduce the chance that a child will be born with a genetic disorder. At the moment it is only legally possible to carry out two types of advanced reproductive technologies on humans. The first involves choosing the type of sperm that will fertilize an egg: this is used to determine the sex and the genes of the baby. The second technique screens embryos for a genetic disease: only selected embryos are implanted back into the mother's womb. This is called Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).
