cloning and the genome project. july 5 1996,dolly,the first mammal to be cloned from an adult...
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Cloning and the Genome Cloning and the Genome ProjectProject
July 5 1996,Dolly,the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell was born
IVF(in-vitro IVF(in-vitro fertilization)fertilization)July 25 1978, Robert Edwards
made the human’s egg fertilized in the test tube
It means that the human can be fertilized and form new lives outside the womb
He won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2010
Test tube babiesTest tube babiesThe progress removes ova(eggs)
from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilize them in a fluid medium. The fertilized egg (zygote) is then transferred to the patient's uterus with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy.
Cloned animalsCloned animalsA sheep can be cloned ,how
about the human? In theory,it is possible,but it will
involve many ethical problems.Imagine that one day you go home and find a people who looks exactly the same with you is having dinner with your family!!!What should you do?
Should human cloning be legalized?
Benefits? 1. Infertility 2. Curing Diseases 3. Body Replacements 4.Genetic Illness
Disadvantages? 1. Religion 2. Sub-Human 3. Embryos at Risk
VocabularVocabularyy
Mammary 乳房的 Denoting or relating to the human female breasts
or the milk-secreting organs of other mammalsEwe 母羊 Ethical 倫理上的Genome 基因組 The complete set of genes or
genetic material present in a cell or organism
Enucleated 去核的 Remove the nucleus from (a cell)
Infertile 不孕的 (of a person, animal, or plant) Unable to
reproduce
Gestated 孕育 Carry (a fetus) in the womb from conception
to birth
Fetus 胚胎 An unborn offspring of a mammal
Embryo 胚胎
Preimplantation 胚胎植入前 Occurring between the fertilization of an
ovum and its implantation in the wall of the uterus
Discarding 拋棄 Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer
useful or desirableKinship 親屬關係 Blood relationship
Somatic-cell 體細胞 Any cell of a living organism other than the
reproductive cells
Gamete 配子 A mature haploid male or female germ cell
that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote
Prenatal 胎兒期的 Before birth; during or relating to pregnancy
Abortion 流產 The expulsion of a fetus from the uterus by
natural causes before it is able to survive independently