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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Glendale couple thought that their in vitro fertilization treatment had failed.
    Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • Femi Ajayi used to live near his job at Univfy, a Los Altos startup that works on in vitro fertilization.
    Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2021
  • One avenue is in vitro fertilization with northern white rhino eggs and sperm.
    New York Times, 4 July 2018
  • At the time, the couple revealed the milestone came after an ectopic pregnancy and a long journey with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
    Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But that church is open to contraception and in vitro fertilization, and in any case doesn’t have the broad footprint of the Catholic church, which is affiliated with four of the 10 largest health systems in the country.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The two play a couple going through in vitro fertilization in an effort to get pregnant, all the while stretching the boundaries of their relationship.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
  • Amy Schumer has opened up on Instagram about in vitro fertilization.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Reid first began in vitro fertilization treatments in 2020 while covering the Trump White House.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • Kids born through in vitro fertilization may be more likely to develop high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
    Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Determined to grow a family, the couple opted to try in vitro fertilization using the wife's sister's eggs and David Markiewicz's sperm.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2022
  • These will be united by in vitro fertilization to create an embryo.
    Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
  • Trying to get pregnant with in vitro fertilization is a gamble.
    Emily Mullin, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2019
  • The babies were not conceived through in vitro fertilization, which increases the chances of multiple births.
    Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The diagnosis has calmed the nerves of the reality star, who has started in vitro fertilization treatments.
    Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022

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