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In Vitro Fertilization
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) initially introduced by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards in the 1970s to…
TechnologyFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilityFertilization
Ectogenesis as a Theme in The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (1970), by Shulamith Firestone
By: Aubrey Pinteric
| Published: Aug 08, 2025
In 1970, Shulamith Firestone, a self-described radical feminist and writer, published The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution,…
FertilityEctogenesisReproductive technologyFeminism and scienceFeminism in the press
Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Laparoscopic tubal sterilization is a set of surgical techniques that use laparoscopy to render people with female reproductive systems sterile, or…
Female SterilizationReproductive SterilizationSterilization, ReproductiveReproductive System, FemaleLaparoscopy
The Idea of Ectogenesis in Daedalus; or Science and The Future (1924), by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
By: Aubrey Pinteric
| Published: Aug 05, 2025
In 1924, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, aka JBS Haldane, published Daedalus; or Science and The Future, hereafter Daedalus, which was a written…
In vitro fertilizationFertilityEctogenesisReproductive technologyClassification--Books--Science fiction
Alan Osborne Trounson (1946– )
By: Whitney Alexandra Tuoti
| Published: Aug 01, 2024
Alan Osborne Trounson is a scientist from Australia who studies embryology and stem cells. His research has improved the success rates of in vitro…
Fertilization in VitroFertilizations in VitroIn vitro fertilizationTest-Tube FertilizationIn Vitro Techniques
The Aschheim-Zondek Test for Pregnancy
By: Kristin Kelley
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
Throughout history many different methods have been devised for the early detection of pregnancy. From the time of the Ancient Egyptians, inspection…
Pregnancy TestsReproductionFertility
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound (1873-1906)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 20, 2017
First marketed in the US 1875, Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound was an herbal medicine used by women to relieve menstrual discomfort and menopausal…
TechnologyReproductive HealthPatent MedicinesHerbs--Therapeutic useFertility
Clomiphene Citrate
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: Jul 25, 2009
Clomiphene citrate, more commonly known by its brand names Clomid and Serophene, is a medication prescribed to women to stimulate ovulation in order…
TechnologyClomipheneFertility
China's First Baby Conceived through In Vitro Fertilization-Embryonic Transfer, by Zhang Lizhu's Research Team
By: Lijing Jiang
| Published: Apr 27, 2011
On 10 March 1988, China's first baby conceived through human in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET), commonly referred to as a test-…
ReproductionExperimentsFertility
The Procedure for Semen Analysis as described in the World Health Organization's Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen (2021)
By: Logan Hunt
| Published: Jul 08, 2024
In 2021, the World Health Organization, or WHO, published the sixth edition of their Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human…
Semen AnalysisWorld Health OrganizationWHOOrganization, World HealthSemen Quality