The world’s population of so-called test-tube babies is booming, with half of the estimated 5 million children born through assisted reproduction techniques born in the last six years alone, a new report says.
Techniques such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) – in which a woman’s eggs are fertilized with sperm in a lab dish – have been catching on since the birth of the United Kingdom’s Louise Brown in 1978.
Driving the acceleration: increasing access in developing countries – especially China – and increasing insurance coverage in many nations, says David Adamson, a Northern California fertility specialist who led efforts to compile the data.
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