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Phone: 202-223-8073
Fax: 571-312-0544

2776 S. Arlington Mill Dr.
#803
Arlington, VA 22206

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In the fourth week, the embryonic heart starts beating. The neural tube, which becomes the brain and spinal cord, forms. At this point, a woman has likely only been aware of her pregnancy for one week.

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In the seventh week after conception, networks of neurons produce brain waves that have been recorded as early as 6 ½ weeks after conception. The embryo spontaneously moves his arms, hands, and legs, and may even hiccup. The embryo’s heart now has all four chambers.

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By the seventeenth and eighteenth week after gestation, the fetus shows a clear response to pain in multiple studies, and at least one brain pathway is mature enough to create a perception of pain. The fetus also practices breathing, crying, and breastfeeding in the womb. The fetal heart has beat over 20 million times and circulates about 55 quarts of blood per day.

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In the eighth month of pregnancy the fetal brain is ready to learn! At 32 weeks after conception, neurons are creating 40,000 new connections, called synapses, every second! With repeated exposures, the fetus can learn flavors, nursery rhymes, songs, and even words that she will recognize after birth!

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Maureen Condic, Ph.D.

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Dr. Condic is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Utah.  Her research focuses on the role of stem cells in development and regeneration, and has been recognized by both the Basil O’Connor and the McKnight awards.  She is currently a member of Pontifical Academy for Life, and in 2018, was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Science Board.

Dr. Condic is the co-author of Human Embryos, Human Beings (winner of the 2020 international Expanded Reason Award), that explores the nature of the human embryo from scientific and philosophical perspectives.  Her second book, Untangling Twinning (2020), considers the ethical and biologic issues raised by human monozygotic twinning.  Dr. Condic has taught Human Embryology in the University of Utah Medical School for 20 years. She has a strong commitment to public education, and has presented over 250 seminars and interviews, both nationally and internationally, on science policy, bioethics and her own research.

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Fetal Tissue, Stem Cells & Bioethics

Q&A with the Scholars: Science and the Beginning of Human Life

Maureen Condic, Ph.D.
February 13, 2017
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A Scientific View of When Life Begins

In this paper, Dr. Maureen Condic examines scientific evidence for the point at which it is evident that human life begins.

Maureen Condic, Ph.D.
June 11, 2014
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The Science and Politics of Cloning: What the News Was All About

In this paper, Dr. Maureen Condic of the University of Utah explains the derivation of human stem cells from cloned human embryos. Dr. Condic discuss the science and politics behind cloning and why this method is unlikely to ever be the preferred

Maureen Condic, Ph.D.
May 1, 2013