Question
Download Solution PDFIn July 2022, the government prohibited the import of which of the following in line with the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Human embryo.
Key Points
- On July 20, 2022, Union government restricted the import of human embryos in accordance with the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021.
- Before this, such imports were restricted or prohibited except for research purposes.
Additional Information
- Embryo
- An embryo grows into a baby by the "Mitosis division".
- Mitosis involves the division of "body cells".
- Meiosis involves the division of "sex cells".
- In mitosis cell division, a cell divides into two cells that are similar to each other and have the same number of chromosomes.
- In meiosis cell division, a cell divides into four cells, and the number of chromosomes is halved.
- The mitosis division process has the following stages such as prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis.
- Women’s egg
- Women's egg cells which are necessary for reproduction are also called ovum.
- Oocytes are immature egg cells.
- Sperm is the male germ cell.
- Ovaries are female sex organs.
- Stem cell
- Stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells in multicellular animals that can specialize in many types of cells and multiply endlessly to produce additional stem cells.
- In a cell lineage, they are the earliest form of cell.
- Tissue-specific stem cells (also referred to as somatic or adult stem cells) are more specialized than embryonic stem cells.
- Kidney
- The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in our renal system.
- Kidneys comprise a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a urinary bladder, and a urethra.
- Kidneys are located on either side of the backbone on the posterior surface.
- The kidneys perform many vital functions, including maintaining overall balance fluid, regulating, verifying & filtering minerals from the blood, etc.
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