Fertility technology / Donna J. Drucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drucker, Donna J., author.

Series:

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge

The MIT Press essential knowledge series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology.

Fertility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

Summary:

"History and analysis of the principal types of fertility technologies from the 1860s to the present"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Series Foreword

Preface

1: Technology for Fertility

2: Fertility Technology before IVF

Artificial Insemination

Stem Pessaries, Cotton, and Sexual Positions

Hormones

Surgery, Insufflation, and Salpingograms

The Timing of Ovulation

Ovulation and AI: Combining Methods

Sperm Banking

3: IVF and Its Successors

Fertilization from the Outside: An Early Experiment

In Vitro Fertilization: Antecedents

In Vitro Fertilization

Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT) and Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer (ZIFT)

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Sex Selection, PGD, and PGT-A

Egg Retrieval and Banking

Cryopreservation and Vitrification

4: Law, Travel, and Religion

Law

Travel and Access

Religion

5: Technology, Kinship, and Family

Racial Concerns

Fertility and Reproductive Justice

Queer Families and Reproductive Justice

Financial and Emotional Concerns

6: Future Directions

Semen and Technosemen

Diagnostics

Historical Technologies Will Stay Relevant

Low-Tech IVF

Add-Ons: Time-Lapse Imaging

In Vitro Maturation and MDNA Transplantation

Uterine Transplants

Transgender and Non-Binary Pregnancy

For-Profit Fertility

Postscript

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Further Reading

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-262-37233-9

0-262-37232-0

OCLC:

1334108754