Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering, Chicago, Illinois.
Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI), Rome, Italy; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Fertil Steril. 2018 Jul 1;110(1):4. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.05.017.
Forty years ago this month the first baby was born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF). The arrival of Louise Brown brought with her a new hope and possibility for the many men and women across the global struggling with infertility who previously had very few options for treatment or family building. In this month's Views and Reviews, we turn to the pioneers of IVF in the United States, Europe, and Australia as they share their experiences on the front lines of the development of IVF around the globe. They recount the struggles and trials that led to the first IVF birth in their part of the world and look back on how far we have come in the past forty years. Thanks to their pioneering spirit family building has become an option for men and women across the globe that had few options a mere forty years ago.
四十年前的本月,第一位通过体外受精(IVF)出生的婴儿诞生了。路易丝·布朗(Louise Brown)的诞生为全球众多不孕不育的男性和女性带来了新的希望和可能性,他们之前几乎没有治疗或生育的选择。在本月的观点和评论中,我们将目光投向美国、欧洲和澳大利亚的 IVF 先驱,他们分享了自己在全球 IVF 发展的第一线的经验。他们讲述了导致他们所在地区首例 IVF 婴儿诞生的艰难困苦和考验,并回顾了在过去四十年中我们已经走了多远。多亏了他们的开拓精神,家庭建设现在已经成为全球男性和女性的一个选择,而在仅仅四十年前,他们几乎没有选择。