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Matters of life
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Religious Studies
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04/07/2012

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Surrogacy
Definition
Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person.
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Saviour sibling
Definition
Children created (generally genetically selected/engineered) to donate stem cells, blood and organs to their ill siblings
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cloning
Definition
Copying DNA to create another organism, or to assist in medical research
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AID
Definition
Donor sperm is inserted into the mother's uterous artificially
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Stem cell
Definition
Cells that help to repair and build parts of the body. They originate mostly from embryos.
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Experiments on humans
Definition
Using human beings to carry out medical research
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IVF
Definition
In Vitro Fertilisation
The process by which an ovum (human egg cell) is fertilised (with sperm) in a laboratory and then placed in the mother's womb
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Designer babies/denetic engeneering
Definition
Changing the genetic make up of a human being, to that which the parents or doctors want
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embryology
Definition
Using embryos in medical research to develop new medicines
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AIH
Definition
Artificial Insemination by Husband
The husband's sperm is inserted into the wife's uterous artificially
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ARTIFICIAL METHODS OF REPRODUCTION
Definition
Having children through treatment/medical assistance (i.e. AIH, DI, IVF)
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Transplant surgery
Definition
Transplanting organs from one human being to another
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Cloning
Definition
using the cells of the embryo to clone another creation similar to that
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Cloning
Definition
using the cells of the embryo to clone another creation similar to that
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