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Lab 4 Online Assessment

The allantois, identified in the placental cord, is continuous with what anatomical structure?
Identify the 3 vascular shunts, and their location, in the embryonic circulation.
Identify the Group project sub-section that you will be researching. (Add to project page and your individual assessment page)

Lab 1 Assessment

1. Identify the origin of in vitro fertilisation and the 2010 Nobel Prize winner associated with this technique.

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique was conceptualized by Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards when he first managed to fertilise a human egg successfully in the laboratory in 1968. This led to the birth of the first baby conceived through IVF, Louise Brown, on 25th July 1978. Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards is also the 2010 Nobel Prize winner associated with in vitro fertilisation.

2. Identify a recent paper on fertilisation and describe its key findings.

A recent paper on fertilisation is titled “Women with high telomerase activity in luteinised granulosa cells have a higher pregnancy rate during in vitro fertilisation treatment”[1] by Hong Chen et al. It was reported in the paper that telomerase activity (TA) in the luteinized granulosa cells is positively correlated with clinical pregnancy rate. Clinical pregnancy rate increases with level of TA. This would mean that the success rate of the IVF treatment (resulting in pregnancy) can be predicted by measuring the levels of TA in the granulosa cells.

3. Identify 2 congenital anomalies.

The two congenital anomalies are spina bifida, in which the embryonic neural tube is only partially closed, and hydrocephalus, in which there is an unusual accumulation of fluid in the brain.

Attendance

--Z3389806 18:01, 29 July 2011 (EST)

--Nur Sharalyn Abdullah 11:51, 4 August 2011 (EST)

--Mark Hill 00:44, 30 July 2011 (EST) Good wiki coding. Though I am not a fan of Wikipedia linking, should seek scientific references where possible, nobel prize link is better.