The beginning of life is apparently quite spectacular:
Bright flash of light marks incredible moment life begins when sperm meets egg
The beginning of life - new, biologically and genetically unique life - happens at conception:
There are obvious moral and ethical implications of recognizing that life begins at conception; but to me, these breakthroughs are truly awe-inspiring.
Bright flash of light marks incredible moment life begins when sperm meets egg
Human life begins in bright flash of light as a sperm meets an egg, scientists have shown for the first time, after capturing the astonishing ‘fireworks’ on film.
An explosion of tiny sparks erupts from the egg at the exact moment of conception.
Scientists had seen the phenomenon occur in other animals but it is the first time is has been also shown to happen in humans.
The beginning of life - new, biologically and genetically unique life - happens at conception:
Not only is it an incredible spectacle, highlighting the very moment that a new life begins...
“It’s a way of sorting egg quality in a way we’ve never been able to assess before. “All of biology starts at the time of fertilization, yet we know next to nothing about the events that occur in the human.”
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The bright flash occurs because when sperm enters and egg it triggers calcium to increase which releases zinc from the egg. As the zinc shoots out, it binds to small molecules which emit a fluorescence which can be picked up my camera microscopes.
Over the last six years this team has shown that zinc controls the decision to grow and change into a completely new genetic organism.
There are obvious moral and ethical implications of recognizing that life begins at conception; but to me, these breakthroughs are truly awe-inspiring.
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