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in vitro fertilization
medical technology
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- Also called:
- test-tube conception
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Jan. 28, 2024, 6:03 PM ET (MSN)
IVF offers hope to save endangered northern white rhino from going extinct
Jan. 26, 2024, 4:14 AM ET (USA Today)
First IVF rhino pregnancy- Northern white rhinos could be saved
Jan. 25, 2024, 4:14 AM ET (The Guardian)
Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species’ first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction
Jan. 24, 2024, 8:38 AM ET (Yahoo News)
World's first IVF rhino pregnancy 'could save northern white species'
Jan. 18, 2024, 9:14 PM ET (CNN)
First on CNN: Amid post-Roe concerns, Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to protect access to IVF
in vitro fertilization (IVF), medical procedure in which mature egg cells are removed from a woman, fertilized with male sperm outside the body, and inserted into the uterus of the same or another woman for normal gestation. Although IVF with reimplantation of fertilized eggs (ova) has long been widely used in animal breeding, the first successful birth of a human child from IVF, carried out by British gynecologist Patrick Steptoe and British medical researcher Robert Edwards, did not take place until 1978. In vitro fertilization is generally undertaken only after an exhaustive evaluation of infertility has been made. A number ...(100 of 941 words)