Tag: fertilization

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, nonpersons, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bananas, berries, birds, Cretaceous Period, digestion, dinosaurs, fertilization, flowering plants, foresight, fruit, intelligent design, nutrition, optimization, pectin, phytochemicals, potassium, seeds, The Privileged Planet, tomatoes, vitamin C}

Fruit Is Designed for Life

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, birth, calcium ions, chromosomes, cilia, diploid cells, egg, embryonic development, fallopian tube, fertilization, follicle, germ cells, glycoprotein, humans, intelligent design, meiosis, oogenesis, ovulation, ovum, plasma membrane, seminal fluid, sperm cells, uterus, zona pellucida}

The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 8, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, acrosin, acrosome, acrosome phase, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cap phase, capacitation, cervix, Daniela Nicastro, DNA, dyneins, egg cell, ejaculation, fertilization, fertilized egg, flagellum, foresight, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Golgi phase, haploid genome, Harvard University, human reproduction, hyaluronidase, infant, intelligent design, intent, intercourse, Irreducible Complexity, Jianfeng Lin, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, reproductive tract, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cells, teleology, uterine tubes, uterus, zygote}

No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, ejaculatory reflex, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells, sperm flagellum}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, acrosin, acrosome, acrosome phase, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cap phase, capacitation, cervix, Daniela Nicastro, DNA, dyneins, egg cell, ejaculation, fertilization, fertilized egg, flagellum, foresight, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Golgi phase, haploid genome, Harvard University, human reproduction, hyaluronidase, infant, intelligent design, intent, intercourse, Irreducible Complexity, Jianfeng Lin, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, reproductive tract, seminal fluid, sperm cells, sperm flagellum, teleology, uterine tubes, uterus, zygote}

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, dandelions, decay, dirt, early Earth, electromagnetic force, embryo, equilibrium, fertilization, flowers, Frontiers in Plant Science, functional complexity, gravity, information, intelligent design, Midwest, nature, prebiotic materials, seeds, tulips, water}

The Marvel of a Seed

_{Eric Hedin
May 3, 2023

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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From a cursory examination, a seed may seem like a fairly simple little thing, but more analysis reveals layers of functional complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Asa Gray, Bridgewater Treatises, evolution, fertilization, history, insects, intelligent design, John Murray, Linnean Society, monograph, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orchids, Sigmund Freud, William Paley}

Charles Darwin’s Freudian Slip

_{Robert Shedinger
September 13, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It looks like Darwin was as impressed as everyone else by the amazing ingenuity in orchids and could not ignore the evidence for design. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, Bioscience, clones, egg, fertilization, human experimentation, human life, Israel, mice, mouse embryos, organ harvesting, skin cells, sperm, stem cells, synthetic embryos, The Guardian, unborn, uterus, utilitarianism}

About Those “Synthetic Embryos”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Technology

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I have no problem with this work in mice. But the scientists want to take this technology into human experimentation. Read More ›