How to Use in vitro fertilization in a Sentence

in vitro fertilization

noun
  • And when researchers used only the faster Y sperm for in vitro fertilization, 90% of the mouse pups were born male.
    Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2019
  • After a year and a half, the couple turned to in vitro fertilization.
    Aili Nahas, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018
  • That child may have been the result of in vitro fertilization.
    Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • In 2019, the first crested toad was hatched via in vitro fertilization.
    National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • She was advised soon after to try in vitro fertilization to have the best chances to get pregnant.
    Essence, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Two more women are pregnant, and three are in the final stages of in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
    Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Zook went through two rounds of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a process in which an egg and sperm are combined into an embryo in a lab.
    NBC News, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The Cetingucs have an older boy, Lochlan, who was also born through in vitro fertilization.
    Matt Campbell, kansascity, 15 Feb. 2018
  • My best hope of getting pregnant would be with an egg donor through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
    Marisa Renee Lee, refinery29.com, 7 May 2020
  • The cells were the first to live outside the body and led to a host of medical advances in everything from vaccines to in vitro fertilization.
    Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Rizzo's first son, conceived via in vitro fertilization, was born in September 2011, and the first year of his life was bliss.
    Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In fact, Noe hopes to go through in vitro fertilization again at some point with her partner, Maya Gross, 31, a firefighter.
    oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
  • Like their adorable little Luna, the new baby was conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization and is due later this year.
    Nicholas Rice, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
  • In the New Orleans case, the man's now ex-girlfriend conceived a baby using donor sperm and in vitro fertilization.
    Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Both have been open about trying to get pregnant via in vitro fertilization.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The twins were conceived through in vitro fertilization.
    The Washington Post, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Two cheetah cubs have been born via in vitro fertilization to a surrogate mother for the first time ever at the Columbus Zoo.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Today, Jared is three years into a treatment to increase his sperm count so the couple can try in vitro fertilization.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Najin and Fatu, both of whom still produce eggs, are the more valuable rhinos for the future, as their donor eggs could be used in in vitro fertilization with stored sperm from a deceased male.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2018
  • In the chat, Lynn asked for advice on answering questions about in vitro fertilization and the morning-after pill.
    Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2022
  • This meant that in vitro fertilization, followed by the transfer of these embryos to a younger cheetah, could be possible.
    Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020
  • On a third try at the Cleveland center, Amber became pregnant by in vitro fertilization with their son, Ethan, now 2½ .
    Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2018
  • On a third try at the Cleveland center, Amber became pregnant by in vitro fertilization with their son, Ethan, now 2 1/2.
    chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • About 40 years ago, Louise Brown, the first human created using in vitro fertilization, was conceived in a petri dish.
    Jason Pontin, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Worry began to set in after the call; the Glendale couple was trying to conceive a son and had gone to the clinic for in vitro fertilization the previous year.
    Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • The embryos were in storage at the Cleveland Clinic, left over from in vitro fertilization treatments a few years ago that allowed the couple to get pregnant.
    Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The Glendale couple thought that their in vitro fertilization treatment had failed.
    Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • In April 2016, a single male embryo from the couple was implanted in Allen's uterus at an Irvine-based in vitro fertilization center.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The diagnosis has calmed the nerves of the reality star, who has started in vitro fertilization treatments.
    Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022
  • But, for women who are still interested in having children, pregnancy is possible through in vitro fertilization, if the uterus is not removed.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023

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