[The achievements of medical embryology and the successes in treating infertility].

In connection with the decade of the first test-tube children appearance in Russia a contribution of medical embryology to the working out of auxiliary reproduction method is discussed. The significance of close interaction and mutual understanding between embryologists and representatives of other professions (gynaecologists, endocrinologists and geneticists) in successful solving of the problem is emphasized Main stages of the modern reproductive technology forming were followed up so as the role of medical embryology in sterility treatment. Certain ethic and lawful problems concerning reproduction including the limits of research on human embryos were discussed.