Essays about: "assisted reproductive technologies"

Found 5 essays containing the words assisted reproductive technologies.

1. 1. Microfluidic sorting of sperm for assisted reproduction - An evaluation of ZyMōt multi sperm separation device

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Author : Emma Olofsson; [2023-06-22]
   Keywords : Assisted reproduction technologies Spermatozoa DNA fragmentation Density-gra- dient centrifugation Microfluidics ZyMōt Multi;

   Abstract : Infertility is a worldwide problem and the main reason for the use of assisted reproductive technol- ogy (ART). In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is one ART treatment normally used, where the fertilization of oocytes occurs in vitro. READ MORE

3. 2. Ovary spheroid formation and quality assessment using two different protocols

   University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

   Author : Nikki Wallius Hiltunen; [2023]
   Keywords : ovary; fertility; spheroid; Biosilk™; three-layer gradient system; äggstock; fertilitet; sfäroid; Biosilk™; trelagers gradientsystem;

   Abstract : Redan innan födseln fastställs kvinnors fertilitet, som karakteriseras av ett begränsat antal äggblåsor, så kallade folliklar. Beståndet av folliklar minskar naturligt med åldern, samtidigt som kvinnors fertilitet beror på deras steroid- och äggproduktion. READ MORE

4. 3. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Medically Assisted Reproduction in the Context of the European Convention on Human Rights : Legal and Social Perspectives

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sanni Nieminen; [2018]
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5. 4. “Thanks to a good fairy you were born” : An intersectional feminist analysis of ovum donation advertising found in the public space in Barcelona

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Elisabet Tasa-Vinyals; [2017]
   Keywords : Ovum donation; Egg donation; Assisted reproduction; New Reproductive Technologies NRT ; In Vitro Fertilisation IVF ; Politics of reproduction; Economy of cells and tissues;

   Abstract : Gamete donors are actively searched by companies dedicated to assisted reproduction in the Spanish State, and advertising is not only legal but rather common. This thesis provides an overview of the main themes that arise from the analysis of mostly visual materials used to promote ovum donation in public spaces in Barcelona, and critically links them to current debates in intersectional feminist cultural studies of technoscience, bodily theory and visual studies. READ MORE

6. 5. Biopower and Precarity: Meeting Embodied Self in the Discourses of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Polina Vlasenko; [2013]
   Keywords : precarity; biopower; assisted reproductive technologies; ukraine; subjectivation; rationalities of government; normalization of motherhood; biological citizenship; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this thesis I examine the connection between female embodiment and subjectivation, technologization of reproduction and rationalities of government in Ukraine, where assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were introduced not so long ago, but have already become part of the lived experience of numerous women and heated a large debate in society about the nature of women, motherhood, national duty, citizenship and demographic crisis. Moreover, the study I accomplish is necessitated by the growing importance of Ukraine as a colonial market of cheap donor egg cells and as a target of transnational reproductive travel engendered by commercial surrogacy industry. READ MORE