Ectogenesis
Journal Title: European Journal of Medical Technologies - Year 2015, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
The World Health Organization defines infertility as the inability to become pregnant despite regular sexual intercourse, more than a year without using any contraceptive methods. This issue affects a growing number of couples, which is why the WHO recognized infertility as a social disease. This problem affects an increasing number of couplesand therefore the WHO considered infertility as a social disease. One of the reasons of infertility are irregularities in the woman's uterus, which completely prevent women from self-birth of children. The alternative for women with infertility problems may be in addition to the surrogacy, ectogenesis. Ectogenesis is the process of development of the human fetus outside the woman's body, from conception to birth. The term was introduced into scientific discourse by British biologist and geneticist J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964). In Poland surrogacy according to the law is prohibited and uterine transplant is a pioneering method, not performed by doctors in our country. The only successful uterine transplant was carried out in Sweden in 2014. As a result, came into the world a healthy baby who was born at 31 weeks gestation. European countries where surrogacy is legally include Ukraine, Georgia and Greece. Research on artificial womb conducted since the 80s of the twentieth century, mainly by US researchers. They were detained for reasons of bioethics, because the embryos survived in it only 6 weeks. The discovery of the possibility of development of the fetus outside the womb is an important discovery at the level of biomedical technology. This method of helping women with an abnormal uterus has many supporters, but also critics, therefore, still needs a lot of time to conduct studies that document the effectiveness of ectogenesis.
Authors and Affiliations
Anita Wdowiak, Michał Filip, Tomasz Zuzak, Mateusz Woźniakowski, Miroslaw A. Kielak, Artur Wdowiak
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Ectogenesis
The World Health Organization defines infertility as the inability to become pregnant despite regular sexual intercourse, more than a year without using any contraceptive methods. This issue affects a growing number of c...