)Robert Geoffrey Edwards and Patrick Christopher Steptoe (1913-1988) pioneered in vitro fertilization (IVF), making the birth of the first "test-tube baby" possible in 1978. By quickly transferring the oocyte (the egg prior to maturation) to an optimal...

In Vitro Fertilization Laboratory procedure in which an egg is fertilized by sperm in a specimen dish outside the woman Time 148, no. 8, August 12, 1996, p....

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a procedure in which eggs (ova) from a woman's ovary are removed, fertilized with sperm in a laboratory procedure, and then the resulting fertilized egg (embryo) is returned to the woman's uterus. IVF is one of several...

The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was born in England in 1978. Since then, more than 3,000 babies conceived in this way have been born. The term in vitro literally means "in glass"; the fertilization takes place outside the body...

One of the HORMONES involved in the control of the release of other hormones from the PITUITARY GLAND. See also: adenohypophysis; endocrine glands; hormones—classification; neurohypophysis; sex...

In vitro fertilisation[1] (IVF) is a technique in which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside the woman's womb, in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process...

Human cloning and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) may seem to be very different procedures. Certainly, they are regarded very differently by many people at the present time. IVF is seen as a mainstream procedure raising few ethical problems, while cloning, or 'reproductive' cloning, is...

An international guide to baby-making NE of the tests of a liberal society is whether the state stays out of the bedroom--but more than 3m people alive now were not made in bedrooms. They came into being as a result of in...

The British government on Wednesday approved plans to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research _ and said they will also be entitled to compensation for costs incurred.Women undergoing fertility treatment will receive a discount if they donate eggs, authorities said,...

Scientific experiments on human embryos were first initiated for research to develop in vitro fertilization (IVF)—literally “fertilization in glass”—to enable infertile couples to have children. In this procedure, eggs and sperm...

This essay deals with the Christian view on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and also the ethical dilemmas IVF may create.

A first person view of the reasons why In Vitro fertilization is an ethical choice for parents.