Overcoming Preconception Relating to Assisted Reproductive Technologies
David F Albertini, Professor Tufts University Medical Center
- HARTs – current status, future prospects
- Chronology of HARTs and related animal studies
- Common preconceptions
- Communication between disciplines
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HARTs – Current Status, Future Prospects
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) (GIFT/ZIFT)
Sperm/Sex Selection
- Ovary/Follicle Cryopreservation
Stem Cells
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Chronology of HARTs and Related Animal Studies
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Chronology of HARTs and Related Animal Studies --- High
Impact Claims
| 07/78 |
Louise Brown |
| 12/81 |
Elizabeth Carr |
| 09/90 |
First birth of frozen embryos |
| 11/93 |
George Washington University “scientists”win
the “prize” for human experimental cloning “technique” |
| 05/95 |
Univ. California Irvine “medical experts”
accused of egg/embryo misappropriation |
| 02/97 |
Dolly |
| 01/98 |
“It’s an interesting technology.” Richard
G. Seed, Ph.D. |
| 05/98 |
Cumulina |
| 10/98 |
A human cell/cow hybrid is made (maybe) |
| 11/98 |
Human embryonic stem cells produced |
| 05/99 |
Cloned transgenic goats |
| 05/99 |
Interspecies embryos produced |
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Common Preconceptions
Domain Intermingling
Infertility Research
Animal Cloning
Human Genome
- That humans will be cloned
- That diseases will be cured or eliminated
- That all women can have a baby
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Communication Between Disciplines
- Basic Science (animal/human)
- Clinical Science
- Business/Ethical/Legal
- Press
- Public Literacy
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Issues for the Millennium Workshop
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