English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Assisted reproductive technology
Assisted reproductive technology
(
ART
) is the technology used to achieve
pregnancy
in procedures such as
fertility medication
,
artificial insemination
,
in vitro fertilization
and
surrogacy
. It is
reproductive technology
used primarily for
infertility
treatments, and is also known as
fertility treatment.
It mainly belongs to the field of
reproductive endocrinology and infertility
, and may also include
intracytoplasmic sperm injection
(ICSI) and
cryopreservation
. Some forms of ART are also used with regard to fertile couples for genetic reasons (
preimplantation genetic diagnosis
). ART is also used for couples who are discordant for certain communicable diseases; for example,
AIDS
to reduce the risk of infection when a pregnancy is desired.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License