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Author:   Gabor Kovacs ,  Peter Brinsden (Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge) ,  Alan DeCherney (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781108427852

ISBN 10:   1108427855
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   14 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. A brief outline of the history of human in-vitro fertilization John D. Biggers and Catherine Racowsky; 2. The track to assisted reproduction: from animal to human in-vitro fertilization Jacques Cohen; 3. The American roots of in-vitro fertilization Frederick Naftolin, Jennifer Blakemore and David L. Keefe; 4. The story of Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards, Jean Purdy, and Bourn Hall Clinic Peter R. Brinsden; 5. Professional hostility confronting Edwards, Steptoe, and Purdy in their pioneering work on in-vitro fertilization Martin H. Johnson; 6. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Australia Alex Lopata and Gabor Kovacs; 7. The Joneses and the Jones Institute Charles C. Coddington, III and Sergio C. Oehninger; 8. The development of in-vitro fertilization in North America after the Joneses Matthew Connell and Alan H. DeCherney; 9. The Brussels story and the eureka moment of intracytoplasmic sperm injection Andre Van Steirteghem; 10. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Austria Wilfried Feichtinger; 11. The development of in-vitro fertilization in France Rene F. Frydman; 12. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Italy Luca Gianaroli, Serena Sgargi, Maria Cristina Magli and Anna Pia Ferraretti; 13. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Scandinavia Lars Hamberger, Torbjorn Hillensjo and Matts Wikland; 14. The Development of In-Vitro Fertilization in Spain Antonio Pellicer; 15. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Greece, Germany, and The Netherlands Basil C. Tarlatzis, Klaus Diedrich and Bart Fauser; 16. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Israel Zion Ben-Rafael; 17. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Latin America Fernando Zegers-Hochschild; 18. The development of in-vitro fertilization in India Rina Agrawal and Elizabeth Burt; 19. The development of in-vitro fertilization in China Daimin Wei, Jianfeng Wang, Yingying Qin and Zi-Jiang Chen; 20. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Africa Willem Ombelet; 21. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Russia Vladislav Korsak and Anatoly Nikitin; 22. The application of in-vitro fertilization in the management of the infertile male David M. de Kretser; 23. The development of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for monogenic disease and chromosome inbalance Leeanda Wilton; 24. The development of embryo, oocyte, and ovarian tissue cryopreservation Debra A. Gook and David H. Edgar; 25. The development of ovarian stimulation for in-vitro fertilization Colin M. Howles; 26. The development of microsurgery for male and female infertility Sherman J. Silber; 27. The application of embryonic stem cells for in-vitro fertilization Ariff Bongso; 28. The regulation and legislation of in-vitro fertilization Louis Waller and Sandra Dill; 29. Research on assisted reproduction families: a historical perspective Susan Golombok; 30. The commercialization of in-vitro fertilization G. David Adamson and Anthony J. Rutherford.

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Gabor Kovacs, A.M., is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Australia. He was a foundation member of the Monash IVF team and International Medical Director of Monash IVF until his retirement in 2015. He is an Honorary Member of International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) and Life Member of The Fertility Society of Australia as well as Family Planning Australia. Peter Brinsden is a Consultant Medical Director of Bourn Hall Clinic. He has Honorary Professorships at the Capital Medical University, Beijing, Peking Union Medical College, and China Southern Medical University, Guangzhou. He served as President of the British Fertility Society from 2009 to 2012. Alan DeCherney has been Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Yale University, Connecticut, and has chaired the department at Tufts University, Massachusetts, and University of California, Los Angeles. Dr DeCherney has been an Associate Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of Fertility and Sterility. He has been president of American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) and Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

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