Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-5f56664f6-ldbxw Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-05-07T09:42:32.265Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Chapter 1 - The Evolution of the Assisted Reproduction Technologies

from Section 1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2021

By
Peter R Brinsden
Edited by
Jacques Donnez  and
S. Samuel Kim
Jacques Donnez
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
S. Samuel Kim
Affiliation:
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Get access

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

Type
Chapter
Information
Fertility Preservation
Principles and Practice
 , pp. 1 - 10
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Book purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

References

Bavister, BD. Early history of in vitro fertilization. Reprod, 2002;124:181–196.Google Scholar
Clarke, GN. A.R.T. and history. Hum Reprod, 2006;21:1645–1650.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Yanagimachi, R, Chang, MC. Fertilization of hamster eggs in vitro. Nature, 1963;200:281–282.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Edwards, RG. Maturation in vitro of human ovarian oocytes. Lancet, 1965;2:926.Google Scholar
Steptoe, PC. Laparoscopy in Gynaecology. Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone, 1967.Google Scholar
Steptoe, PC. Laparoscopy and ovulation. Lancet, 1968;2:913.Google Scholar
Edwards, RG, Bavister, BD, Steptoe, PC. Early stages of fertilization in vitro of human oocytes matured in vitro. Nature, 1969;221:632–635.Google Scholar
Bavister, BD, Edwards, RG, Steptoe, PC. Identification of the midpiece and tail of the spermatozoon during fertilization of human eggs in vitro. J Reprod Fert, 1969;20:169–170.Google Scholar
Steptoe, PC, Edwards, RG. Laparoscopic recovery of pre-ovulatory oocytes after priming of ovaries with gonadotrophins. Lancet, 1970;1:683–689.Google Scholar
Steptoe, PC, Edwards, RG. Reimplantation of a human embryo with subsequent tubal pregnancy. Lancet, 1976;1:880–882.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Steptoe, PC, Edwards, RG. Birth after the reimplantation of a human embryo. Lancet, 1978;2:366.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Trounson, A, Leeton, J, Wood, J et al. Pregnancies in the human by fertilization in vitro and embryo transfer in the controlled ovulatory cycle. Science, 1981;212:681–682.Google Scholar
Jones, HW, Jones, GS, Andrews, MC, et al. The program for in vitro fertilization at Norfolk. Fertil Steril, 1982;381:14–21.Google Scholar
Steptoe, PC, Edwards, RG. Observations on 767 clinical pregnancies and 500 live births after human in-vitro fertilization. Hum Reprod, 1986;1:89–94.Google Scholar
Trounson, A, Mohr, L. Human pregnancy following cryopreservation thawing and transfer of an eight-cell embryo. Nature, 1983;305:707–709.Google Scholar
Trounson, A, Leeton, J, Besanko, M et al. Pregnancy established in an infertile patient following transfer of a donated embryo fertilized in vitro. Br Med J, 1983;286:835–838.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Utian, WF, Goldfarb, JM, Kiwi, R et al. Preliminary experience with in vitro fertilization-surrogate gestational pregnancy. Fertil Steril, 1989;52:633–638.Google Scholar
Lenz, S, Lauritsen, JG. Ultrasonically guided percutaneous aspiration of human follicles under local anaesthesia: a new method of collecting oocytes for in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril, 1982;38:673–677.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gleicher, N, Friberg, J, Fullan, N et al. Egg retrieval for in vitro fertilisation by sonographically controlled vaginal culdocentesis. Lancet, 1983;2:508–509.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wikland, M, Hamberger, L, Enk, L. Transvesical and transvaginal approaches for aspiration of follicles by use of ultrasound. Ann NY Acad Sci, 1985;442:683–689.Google Scholar
Porter, RN, Smith, W, Craft, IL et al. Induction of ovulation for in vitro fertilization using buserelin and gonadotrophins. Lancet, 1984;2:1284–1285.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Frydman, R, Cornel, C, de Zeigler, D et al. Prevention of premature luteinising hormone and progesterone rise with a GnRH antagonist Nal-Glu in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Fertil Steril, 1991;56:921–927.Google Scholar
Germond, M, Dessole, S, Senn, A et al. Successful in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer after treatment with recombinant human FSH. Lancet, 1992;339:1170.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Devroey, P, Mannaerts, B, Smitz, J et al. First established pregnancy and birth after ovarian stimulation with recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (Org 32489). Hum Reprod, 1993;8:863–865.Google Scholar
Laws-King, A, Trounsen, A, Sathananthan, H et al. Fertilization of human oocytes by microinjection of a single spermatozoon under the zona pellucida. Fertil Steril, 1987;48:637–642.Google Scholar
Palermo, G, Joris, H, Devroey, P, Van Steirteghem, A. Pregnancies after intracytoplasmic sperm injection of single spermatozoon into an oocyte. Lancet, 1992;2:17–18.Google Scholar
Handyside, AH, Kontogianni, EH, Hardy, K et al. Pregnancies from biopsied human pre-implantation embryos sexed by Y-specific DNA amplification. Nature, 1990;344:768–770.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Verlinsky, Y, Ginsberg, N, Lifchez, A et al. Analysis of the first polar body: preconception genetic diagnosis. Hum Reprod, 1990;5:826–829.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cha, KY, Yoon, SH, Ko, JJ et al. Pregnancy after in vitro fertilization of human follicular oocytes collected from non-stimulated cycle, their culture in vitro and their transfer according to the donor oocyte program. Fertil Steril, 1989. Abstract O-00: In Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society.Google Scholar
Silber, SJ, Nagy, Z, Liu, J, Tournaye, H et al. The use of epididymal and testicular spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection: the genetic implications for male infertility. Hum Reprod, 1995;10:2031–2043.Google Scholar
Reijo, R, Lee, T-Y, Salo, P et al. Diverse spermatogenic defects in humans caused by Y chromosome deletions encompassing a novel RNA-binding protein gene. Nat Gene, 1995;10:383–393.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Picton, HM, Wyns, C, Anderson, RA et al. A European perspective on testicular tissue cryopreservation for fertility preservation in prepubertal and adolescent boys. Hum Reprod, 2015;30:2463–2475.Google Scholar
Gosden, RG. Restoration of fertility in sterilized mice by transferring primordial ovarian follicles. Hum Reprod, 1990;5:499–504.Google Scholar
Gosden, RG, Baird, DT, Wade, JC et al. Restoration of fertility in oophorectomized sheep by ovarian autographs stored at −196°C. Hum Reprod, 1994;9:597–603.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Oktay, K, Economos, K, Kan, M et al. Endocrine function and oocyte retrieval after autologous transplantation of ovarian cortical strips to the forearm. J Am Med Ass, 2001;286:1490–1493.Google Scholar
Donnez, J, Dolmans, M, Demylle, D et al. Livebirth after orthotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Lancet, 2004;364:1405–1410.Google Scholar
Anderson, RA, Wallace, WHB, Telfer, EE et al. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation for fertility preservation: Clinical and research perspectives. Hum Reprod Open, 2017;1. https://doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hox001Google Scholar
Silber, SJ, Lenahan, KM, Levine, DJ et al. Ovarian transplantation between monozygotic twins discordant for premature ovarian failure. N Engl J Med, 2005;353:58–63.Google Scholar
Nyboe, Andersen A, Goossens, V, Bhattacharya, S et al. Assisted reproductive technology and intrauterine inseminations in Europe, 2005: results generated from European registers by ESHRE. Hum Reprod, 2009;24:1267–1287.Google Scholar
De Geyter, C, Calhaz-Jorge, C, Wyns, C et al. The European IVF monitoring consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Hum Reprod, 2018;1–16. Advance access: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/humrep/dey242/50Google Scholar
Code of Practice 9th Edition. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, London 2018 (Draft: For publication October 1, 2018). www.hfea.june-2018-code-of-practice-9th-edition-draftGoogle Scholar
International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS). IFFS surveillance 2016. Global Reproductive Health Open, 2016;1:1–143.Google Scholar
Fauser, BC, Edwards, RG. The early days of IVF [editorial]. Hum Reprod Update, 2005;11:439–459.Google Scholar

Further Recommended Reading

Edwards, RG, Sharpe, DJ. Social values and research in human embryology. Nature, 1971;231:87–91.Google Scholar
Steptoe, PC, Edwards, RG. Birth after reimplantation of a human embryo. Lancet, 1978;2:366.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Edwards, RG, Steptoe, PC. A Matter of Life. London: Hutchinson, 1980.Google Scholar
Jones, HW Jr. The ethics of in vitro fertilization – 1981. In Edwards RG, Purdy JM (eds.) Human Conception in Vitro. London: Academic Press. 351–357.Google Scholar
Jones, HW, Jones, GS, Andrews, MC et al. The programme for in vitro fertilization at Norfolk. Fertil Steril, 1982;38:14–21.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wood, C, Trounson, AO. Historical perspectives of IVF. 2000. In Trounson AO, Gardner DK (eds.) Handbook of in Vitro Fertilization, 2nd edn.Google Scholar
Cohen, J, Trounson, A, Dawson, J et al. The early days of IVF outside the UK. Hum Rep Update, 2005;11:439–459.Google Scholar
Edwards, RG. Introduction: the beginnings of human in-vitro fertilization. In Gardner, DK. et al. (eds.) Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques. Informa UK Ltd. 2009, 17–30.Google Scholar
Martinez, F et al. Update on fertility preservation from the Barcelona International Society for Fertility Preservation – ESHRE – ASRM 2015 expert meeting: Indications, results and future perspectives. Hum Reprod, 2017;32(9);1802–1811. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex2180Google Scholar
Brown, L. My Life as the World’s First Test-Tube Baby. Bristol: Bristol Books CIC, 2015.Google Scholar
Kovacs, G, Brinsden, PR, DeCherney, A. In-Vitro Fertilization: The Pioneers’ History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.Google Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×