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INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION
Animal ReproductionHuman Birth Control
Female
- Understanding how Spermicides Work?
- Understanding the Female Birth Control Pill
- Subdermal Birth Control Implants
- Injectable Birth Control Drugs
- Birth Control: the Female Condom and Diaphragm
- Birth Control: the Cervical Cap and Sponge
- Birth Control: IUD and the Morning After Pill
- RU-486, an Abortifacient
- Immunocontraception for Women
- Female Sterilization or Tubal Ligation
Male
Human Infertility
- Examples of Infertility Treatment Options
- More Ethics in Using Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Some Causes of Infertility
Female
- How Many Eggs or Oocytes is a Woman Born With?
- Reasons for Female Infertility
- The Effects of Drugs on Female Fertility
- Testosterone Insensitivity or the XY Female
- Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Risks
- Artificial Insemination
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)
- Fertility Drugs to Stimulate Egg Production
- Obtaining Eggs from Donors
- Egg Donation and Ethics
- Should you use Fresh or Frozen Eggs?
- Problems with Freezing Eggs
- Egg Damage due to Freezing
- Should you use Frozen or Fresh Embryos?
- How Fragile are Embryos?
- Frozen Ovaries, Hedging your Bets with the Future
- Oocyte Farming with Excised Ovaries
- Dealing with Infertility with DNA Transfer
- Cytoplasm Transfer to Rejuvenate Old Eggs
- Using Surrogate Mothers
- Post-Menopause and Pregnancy
- Who are the Parents after Using Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Male
- General Issues with Male Infertility
- Effects of Drugs, Diseases and Pesticides on Male Infertility
- Factors affecting Low Sperm Count
- Increasing Sperm Count
- Using Hormones to Correct Male Infertility
- Using Donated Sperm
- Selecting the Right Sperm
- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Risk
- Breaking through the Zona Pellucida
- Preserving Testicular Tissue
- Male Cancer and Future Fertility
- Ethics of Donated Sperm
Couples
Virus Reproduction
Plant Reproduction
Bacteria Reproduction
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND CLONING
ARTIFICIAL SELECTION IN BREEDING
BODY PARTS
- Growing Your Own Tissues and Organs
- New Skin vs Original Skin Features
- Induction of Cell Differentiation
- Making Artificial Skin
- Preparing Skin Grafts
- Mechanical Devices to Replace Muscles
- Nerves, Structure and Repair
- Organ Transplants using Pigs
- Cell Recognition and Immunity
- Replacing Lost Skin
- New Skin from Foreskin, Animals and Cadavers
- Growing New Skin in the Laboratory
- Retinal Implants to Restore Sight
- Xenotransplantation and Rejection
- Growing New Arteries
- Corneal Transplants
- Connecting Electronics to Nerves
- Ethical Issues for Transplants
- Transplanting Hands
- Biology of Hearing
- Using Cochlear Implants to Correct Hearing Impairment
REMEDIATION
Bioremediation
Phytoremediation