Rockville, MD (PRWEB) November 14, 2014 Shady Grove Fertility is proud to announce that Dr. Michael John Tucker, Director of IVF and Embryology Laboratories, BSc Comb Hons, Ph.D., FIBiol, HCLD, is being awarded RESOLVE: The National Infertility Associations Hope Award for Advocacy. RESOLVE is honoring Dr. Tucker for his many years of advocacy for infertility patient rights and access to care. Using his expertise as an embryologist, he has been able to inform and educate lawmakers in a number of states on legislation that has been vital to the infertility community. "I have spent most of my life as an embryologist focused on the improvement of laboratory techniques, never imagining that I would be recognized for being an IVF patient advocate," says Dr. Tucker. He looks forward to accepting this award at RESOLVEs Night of Hope Gala on November 18, 2014 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City. RESOLVE, an organization that supports and provides a voice for people diagnosed with infertility, established the Hope Awards to recognize professionals, companies, volunteers, and the media who have demonstrated leadership in the infertility field or have made a positive impact in the lives of people struggling with infertility. Dr. … Continue reading →

Information about the stages of human development inside the mothers womb is provided in the verses of the Quran. It is said in verses that the bones form first in the womb, muscles then appear and surround these bones: ... then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators! (Surat Al-Muminun, 14) Until recently, the bones and muscles were thought to develop together inside the womb. However, advances in the science of embryology, which studies development inside the womb, have revealed that this is incorrect and the description in the Quran is absolutely correct. Microscopic examination also shows that development in the womb takes place exactly in line with the description in verses. Cartilage forms first in the embryo after which this cartilage tissue turns into bone. Subsequently, muscle cells are selected from the tissue around the bones and come together around them. As we have seen, the findings of modern embryology are in complete agreement with the stages of human development revealed in the Quran. Cartilage … Continue reading →