SOCY 384 Lecture 6: W5b Parenthood and kinship in IVF for humans and animals

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 384
• Professor: Annette Jane Burfoot

Document Summary

W5b parenthood and kinship in ivf for humans and animals. Introduction: reproductive technologies are never simply technologies; they have social, cultural, economic and political implications. The practice of cell-nucleus transfer for human reproduction . The practice of in vitro fertilization in cattle breeding . I the practices of cell-nucleus transfer for human reproduction: 1. Refers to a different technique of ivf that is used for cases where the embryo falls apart in traditional ivf treatment. Although there is no scientific consensus about the reason for falling apart, researchers assume that it has something to do with the cytoplasm of the egg cell, therefore, they use donor cytoplasm. The cytoplasm extracted from the donor is injected into the egg cell of the woman undergoing the ivf treatment: cytoplasm/ooplasm transfer contd. Traditionally, it was thought that only the nucleus of an egg cell carries the dna of the woman. Now it is known that organelles called mitochondria located in.