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Lab Attendance

Lab 1 --Z3333794 10:59, 25 July 2012 (EST)

Lab 2 --Z3333794 10:02, 1 August 2012 (EST)

Lab Exercises

Lab 1

Identify the origin of In Vitro Fertilization and the 2010 nobel prize winner associated with this technique and add a correctly formatted link to the Nobel page.

The roots of InVitro Fertilization (IVF) and Embryo Transfer (ET) dates back to the early 1890s where Walter Heape a dedicated professor and physician at the University of Cambridge in England whereby he reported the first case of embryo transplant in rabbits. He then went on to do more research in the field of reproduction on a variety of animal species. IVF history

IVF worldwide also articulates that the first in vitro fertilization of human oocytes was carried out in 1965 in John Hopkins Hospital, USA by Edwards and Jones and the first IVF pregnancy occurred in 1973 in the Melbourne, Australia by researchers Wood and Leeton. The pregnancy led to a miscarriage and the first IVF baby was born in England on 25th July 1978, 5 years later. IVF history

The 2010 Nobel prize in Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Robert G. Edwards for development of in vitro Fertilization. His contribution to embryology made a worldwide impact as it became a viable way to overcome infertility. [Nobel Prize Winner 2010]

Identify and add a PubMed reference link to a recent paper on fertilisation and describe its key findings (1-2 paragraphs).

In Vitro Fertilization technology has not only impacted humans as a way to overcome infertility but has majot implications for the animal society as well. It is used in breeding practices throughout the world to breed the best quality animals. To make sure the treatment is cost effective it is imperative that the process of IVF leads to a successful pregnancy and as a result birth. Research carried by Jimenez et.al., 2011 focuses at investigating the link between thickness of zona pellucida fertilization, embryo implantation and birth. By using video chromatography their team successfully concluded that the thickness of zona pelucida greatly impacted the fertilization process and transplantation but did not significantly impact in birth.

Lab 2

Upload an image from a journal source relating to fertilization or the first 2 weeks of development as demonstrated in the practical class. Including in the image “Summary” window: An image name as a section heading, Any further description of what the image shows, A subsection labeled “Reference” and under this the original image source, appropriate reference and all copyright information and finally a template indicating that this is a student image. ----

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Identify a protein associated with the implantation process, including a brief description of the protein's role.