Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

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The use of medical techniques to help someone achieve a pregnancy, often by controlling reproduction with hormones or handling eggs, sperm or embryos.

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Assisted Reproductive Technology, or ART, uses medical techniques to help achieve pregnancy. Hormones can be used to increase the chance that suitable eggs mature and are released or collected. Two important approaches are clomifene therapy and IVF.
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