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- Fertility Preservation
- Fertility Preservation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Evolution of the Assisted Reproduction Technologies
- Chapter 2 The Effect of Chemotherapy on the Human Reproductive System
- Chapter 3 The Effect of Radiotherapy on the Human Reproductive System
- Chapter 4 The Need for Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients
- Section 2 Reproductive Biology and Cryobiology
- Section 3 Fertility Preservation in Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients
- Section 4 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male
- Section 5 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: Medical/Surgical
- Section 6 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: ART
- Section 7 Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation
- Section 8 In Vitro Follicle Culture
- Section 9 New Research and Technologies
- Section 10 Ethical, Legal, and Religious Issues
- Index
- References
Chapter 1 - The Evolution of the Assisted Reproduction Technologies
from Section 1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2021
- Fertility Preservation
- Fertility Preservation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Evolution of the Assisted Reproduction Technologies
- Chapter 2 The Effect of Chemotherapy on the Human Reproductive System
- Chapter 3 The Effect of Radiotherapy on the Human Reproductive System
- Chapter 4 The Need for Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients
- Section 2 Reproductive Biology and Cryobiology
- Section 3 Fertility Preservation in Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients
- Section 4 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male
- Section 5 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: Medical/Surgical
- Section 6 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: ART
- Section 7 Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation
- Section 8 In Vitro Follicle Culture
- Section 9 New Research and Technologies
- Section 10 Ethical, Legal, and Religious Issues
- Index
- References
Summary
It could be said that the first instance of assisted reproductive technology (ART) was when an eminent surgeon, John Hunter (1728–1793) of London (Figure 1.1), assisted a woman in becoming pregnant by taking a semen sample produced by her husband, who had hypospadias, and inseminating her with that specimen. This was an “assisted conception,” although it is not strictly within the definition of the present-day ARTs, which involve the manipulation of sperm, oocytes and embryos in vitro
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- Fertility PreservationPrinciples and Practice, pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021