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Yes, but there are more links to "ART" as a discipline.
(I think the scientist who coined this was a follower of Snow.)<br><br>
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<font color="#003333">"A</font><font color="#666666">ssisted
Reproductive Technology (ART) is the term coined to describe the
techniques used to assist conception. These methods have been developed
in recent decades and offer a treatment alternative for couples unable to
conceive through natural means. The science has progressed rapidly in
ways that humankind recently could only imagine. Assisted Reproductive
Technologies which fall under the category of ART include In-Vitro
Fertilization (IVF), Embryo Transfer (ET), Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer
(GIFT), Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer (ZIFT), Intracytoplasmic Sperm
Injection (ICSI), and Selective Assisted Hatching (SAH). Nearly half a
century ago it was said that the fertilization of an egg by a sperm cell
is one of the greatest wonders of nature. . . as a spectacle, it can be
compared only with the eclipse of the sun or an eruption of a
volcano.'
<a href="http://www.ifwh.org/htm2/fertility.asp" eudora="autourl">
http://www.ifwh.org/htm2/fertility.asp<br><br>
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</a></font>At 10:56 AM 5/11/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">assisted (or assistive)
reproductive technology - ART<br><br>
I thought this was the standard *English* acronym in the<br>
medical field.<br><br>
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Amara<br>
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