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Article: Reproductive Technology
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Reproductive Technology
The field of assisted reproduction, or reproductive technology (often called ART), dates to the birth of the first "test tube baby," Louise Brown, in England in 1978. The term
assisted reproduction
is used to indicate the conception of children by means of technology designed to assist the fertility efforts of couples or individuals who might not be able to conceive children without technological assistance.
In vitro fertilization
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the process by which a woman's ovaries are artificially stimulated with fertility drugs. The drugs are injected into the woman, whose eggs, released from the ovaries, will be stimulated to ...