Articles of category "Assisted reproductive technologies (ART)"

Infertility used to be considered as a misfortune for any married couple. During several hundreds years it was considered that only women suffered from infertility. The woman, who could not give birth to the child, was considered as the derelict. Under laws of Ancient Rome, the husband had the right to divorce from the wife owing to infertility of the wife. The same laws existed at inhabitants of ancient Babylon and China. However, in 1827 scientific Charles BУr from Saint Petersburg found out the conception which is necessary for man's spermatozoon and female ootid.

Modern assisted reproductive technologies help thousand childless pairs to become parents. In the twentieth century, male and female barrenness has ceased to be a terrible verdict. Now many men and women, to whom doctors have diagnosed as barren, can become parents. Not all married couples can take the advantage of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). These techniques are expensive enough. Besides certain ART limitations exist. To a number of ART limitations concern ART age limit and ART health limit.