The confusing recent advances and new technologies in this subject area are reviewed plus the possibile areas for future research and development. Manipulation of embryos, gene mapping and engineering of the genome are covered. Nuclear transfer and xenotransplantation are also discussed. The book covers comprehensive aspects of human pregancy, ranging from AIDS to zygote, including conception, breastfeeding, gender identity and sibling rivalry.
Pregnancy is a uniquely intimate relationship between two people.
This book shows how studying pregancy can help us to understand why people behave the way they do and why so many of us want to have children, and even who we are. All of us luxuriate in this relationship once, and women are lucky enough to be able to do it all over again a second time, from the other side. Never again outside pregnancy can we be so truly intertwined with someone else, no matter how hard we try. I have written this book for people with little or no scientific training who would simply like to know how pregnancy works. Since I started to research the biology of pregnancy, I have found that it has a unique 'feel' to it - it is where our deepest emotions and driest analytical inquiries collide.