First in vitro fertilization baby—this is how it happened
On July 25, 1978, the first human was born following extracorporeal fertilization, an event that opened up a new medical science: expanding our knowledge of and developing novel treatments for infertility, radically changing the opportunities for families with inherited monogenic disorders, generating the new discipline of clinical embryology, and paving the way for studies into stem cell biology. In vitro fertilization (IVF), as it became known in its simplest form, went even further: it engaged the myriad of minds in human society.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Simon Fishel Tags: Views and reviews Source Type: research
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