I am Princess Twilight Sparkle; I have just witnessed the end of the world. The seas boiled blood red, and the air clouded with souls. I can no longer fix this, not now anyways. With my last dying breath I preformed black magic to warn my past self of her predicament. 3 Days Earlier. The sun shun brightly through the lightly clouded sky reflecting brightly off the bright green meadow grass. Twilight, and all her very best friends where having a picnic, it was a rare occasion that Twilight was able to visit her friends in Ponyvile for the past few months she was leading an expedition to the ancient remains of Old Equestria to learn more about long ago, although the expedition being a failure she was excited to see her seemingly ancient friends. “Hey Pinkie, what did you put in this sandwich? It’s kind of an odd texture.” “I was out of vegetables and hay grass so, I put FUN in them!” Pinkie Pie says enthusiastically. “What is that suppose to mean?” Applejack asks. “It means she put the stuff that was in her party cannon into that them, see?” Rainbow Dash pulls confetti out of her sandwich in disgust “Pinkie Pie, usually you’re just plain weird but that is gross!” “There not that bad!” Pinkie Says as she says as she chows down on her confetti sandwich. Everypony else immediately stops eating and pushes there sandwiches aside. “So, Twilight how was the expedition? I don’t think I could ever do something like that, I’d never be able to sleep outside.” Rarity says “it wouldn’t good for my complexion” “Well, it was relatively uneventful. Three other ponies and I went hundreds, maybe even thousands of miles through uncharted wilderness. On about the seventh month we hit a seemingly endless mountain range, we didn’t have the equipment to ... ... middle of paper ... ...from the hair. Enclosing all six of them in a bubble of bright plamic energy. “Wait for me!” Spike says jumping into the center. The ball of plasma shrunk instantaneously. They were gone, only leaving the remains of the spell circle. --- At the top of the watchtower Luna looked up at the stars, observing them. Stars were the favorite part of her nights. The moon used to be her favorite, but after her long entrapment within the moon it reminded her too much of her past, best to just move on in the end. “Watch Out!” Luna turns her head to see six ponies tumbling off the slanted roof of the watchtower right toward her. CRASH “I apologize Luna, I guess I screwed that up. But since you’re here I need to speak to you and your sister.” Twilight grins awaiting approval from the dark princess. “Alright, it will give you a chance to apologize for stealing a strand of her hair”
“This ones going to kill my story. It was so happy and magical.” Elizabeth fluttered to the front of the room.
However Vala mentions that the Sun didn’t have her “hall” yet or know her purpose nor did Moon, noted to be Sun’s companion, know its purpose yet. The Northern Europeans understandably associated the sun and moon together as it appeared that one rose at night and one in the morning and both celestial objects glowed and must’ve held a purpose or influenced life on earth.
“Well this is one of the hardest legs of the trip you know,” I said more seriously. “The altitude change is about 3,000 ft. and it is at least 10 miles.”
PGD has proven effective in patients who are of advanced age, have had recurrent miscarriages or repeated IVF failure and are either carriers of chromosomal diseases or have genetic history of such. PGD is used with an IVF to identify chromosomal mutations and genetic defects in embryos, where a cell from IVF is removed for genetic testing before implanting it into the uterus. This can either be performed as polar body biopsy,
”Well then, we better run! Quick, come into my den, it should protect us from the stars!“
In today’s advanced world, modern technology has enabled humans to accomplish tasks once thought to be purely science fiction. We live in a world today where everything is instant and custom designed. Who would have ever thought that one day parents would be able to design their children? Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is a “process [that] involves taking a 3day old embryo and pulling one of its six cells to test for genetic markers of disease.” (Edmonds0. Although this process is meant to help discover harmful diseases or complications like cancer, the idea of parents using this process to give their children what they consider “ideal traits” co0mes into question. Even though parents have a right to do what they think is best for their children, parents should not be allowed to genetically engineer their children because it can create new social and economic distinctions as well as destroy the idea that everyone is created equal no matter their differences.
At the early stage, embryos created by a couple are tested as for a tissue match for their existing child suffering from an extremely rare disorder. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is also used in conjunction with Tissue typing when the rare disorder is genetically inherited to ensure that the embryo does not also carry the defective gene4. PTT offers parents the chance of conceiving a child who is an exact tissue match f...
There is also an extensive range of social implications related to the process of PGD that come in the forms of economic, ethical, cultural and environmental. PGD provides an opportunity to eliminate a disease within a family (if the disease is inheritable and a single-gene disease). This is because through PGD, the embryos carrying the specific disease will not be used for implantation. Parents using PGD on all of their children will allow all of the children to not carry the disease and pass it on to their own children, and the danger for future generations will no longer exist from that family. This can aid in finances due to money not being spent that would have been required to compensate issues surrounding diseases or disabilities as
Pre-implantation Genetic diagnosis is the genetic profiling of embryos before implantation and sometimes even of oocytes before fertilization. It is used to screen certain genetics and it is very helpful since it terminates abortion because it helps remove diseases from children so if a family is afraid of having a baby with an inherited deadly disease, PGD could remove this disease. Since PGD isn’t accepted by the Catholic Church and many other religions, it is completely forbidden is some countries. Chile, Switzerland, China, the I...
The way in which genetic technology is used to select embryos before implantation has advanced considerably in the past decade. There are numerous methods in which embryos can be selected. This report will focus on the method of Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). PGD is a advanced methodical approach, which can be used to test embryos for a specific known condition that the couple know about or chromosome deformity (Genetic Testing PGD, n.d). This enables only normal embryos (those unaffected by a specific disorder or disease) to be selected for transplant during an IVF cycle, increasing the chance of having a healthy baby. Up to 70% of embryos created (either via natural conception or IVF) don’t survive the first 3 months of pregnancy
I know that I am for IVF because it helps couples who are unable to naturally conceive themselves produce a baby with their DNA and genetic make up, however I am unsure what my opinion is on PGD. I understand why people choose to go through the process of PGD because it would be extremely difficult and time consuming to have to care for a child which has a genetic disorder and if the couple knew this before implantation then may have reconsidered their options. There are many implications and disadvantages to PGD and the process and how it affects the body of the mother and creates stress within households. I believe the although the cost of the treatment is quite expensive it is worth it in the long run because if a couple were to have a child that was born was a genetic defect then one parent would most likely need to give up work or cut back their hours in order to look after the child. The cost of medication and life-long care in the end can not be compared to $12,000 for PGD treatment and although the affected child may be your own and you love it, it would be a tiring job and the parents would not be able to live their lives the way they had planned. If there is a inheritable condition in the family then I personally think it is good to get it screened using PGD because although some people believe it is not ethically correct, in the end it is up to the parents to decide and I think people need to put
Imagine a future where people order babies like they order a custom car. They could go online and customize their child to their heart’s satisfaction. This future started in 1968 when Robert Edwards and Richard Gardner successfully identified the sex of a pre-embryo rabbit cell. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is a test that allows geneticists to see a full living person while others only see a microscopic organism consisting of a few dozen cells. With that knowledge, geneticists can eradicate genetic diseases, allow parents to choose a specific egg out of a dozen, or replace genes with traits that the parents prefer. With this great power there is great possibility for good. But more likely, there is huge chance that this kind of ability will be misused. Funding should not be allocated for research of PGD and similar genetic procedures because it could cause overpopulation, a wealth gap, and a societal disparity.
“So many questions from such a very young lady,” Hannah said, floating next to the table, placing plates in front of each of us. Then she tossed down crinkle-cut pickles, macaroni salad, and potato chips.
At the beginning of the story, the narrator describes, “the afternoon sunlight was like a presence in the room” (Carver 5). Their optimism on their conception on love develops into pessimism. At the end of the story, the narrator notices, “the blue layer of sky had given way now and was turning dark like the rest. But the stars had appeared. I recognized Venus and, farther off and to the side, not as bright but unmistakably there on the horizon, Mars” (Carver
His name is Smoke and he was the most beautiful, enormous horse I have ever seen. He was immediately intimidating with his jet black coat of sleek hair. My excitement to ride these mountains with him overcame all my fear. At first I was only able to stay on the saddle by holding onto the saddle horn. Not long after, I felt like I had ridden Smoke my whole life. It was dream-like as we trotted the trails with ease. I could never have chosen a more wonderful way to experience the beautiful Colorado mountains than astride this great horse. We rushed past the Aspen and Cottonwood trees. I caught the far off smell of campfires burning as we walked through fields of wildflowers. The scene laid out on all sides of me seemed to be a whole different