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In‐vitro fertilization
Author(s) -
Jansen Robert P.S.,
Anderson John C.,
Radonic Inge,
Lyneham Robert C.,
Birrell Warwick R.S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb113756.x
Subject(s) - fertility , medicine , history , demography , sociology , population
In vitro fertilization [5] (IVF) is an assisted reproductive technology [6] (ART) initially introduced by Patrick Steptoe [7] and Robert Edwards [8] in the 1970s to treat female infertility [9] caused by damaged or blocked fallopian tubes [10]. This major breakthrough in embryo research has provided large numbers of women the possibility of becoming pregnant, and subsequent advances have dramatically increased their chances. IVF is a laboratory procedure in which sperm [11] and egg [12] are fertilized outside the body; the term “in vitro” is Latin for “in glass.”