IVF has come a long way since the first baby was born more than 40 years ago. In the early days of IVF doctors waited for the one egg that a woman releases every month to mature before they tried to retrieve it and fertilise it in the laboratory. Needless to say, the chance of a pregnancy was extremely low.

Since then IVF has become much more efficient mainly because hormones are used to stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple eggs, the culture systems in the laboratory have been refined and embryos can be frozen which adds to the chance of a baby.

.1980 ماع يف IVF بيبانلأاب   حيقلتلا قيرط نع هب لُ بحلا مّ ت  يلارتسأ لٍ فط لوأ ةدلاو تناك ةدعاسمب وأ IVF   لامعتسإب مهب لُ بحلا مّ ت  لفط 100,000 نم رثكأ نإف خيراتلا كلذ  ذنمو

عيمج نم ةئملاب 3.3 ةبسن نإف ،2010 ماع يفو .مهتدلاو  تمّ ت  دق ,ىرخأ حيقلت  تاّينقت

.)ART( ةدعاسملاب حيقلتلا تاينقت  ةطساوب مهب لُ بحلا مّ ت  نييلارتسلأا لافطلأا

澳洲首例試管嬰兒（IVF）誕生於1980年，自此以後有超過10萬 的嬰兒透過IVF和其他輔助生殖技術誕生。2010年，澳洲3.3%的 嬰兒是透過輔助生殖技術（ART）誕生的。

Last week, Australian and Belgian scientists announced exciting results in the field of IVM (in vitro maturation of human eggs). IVM has been around for some time. The breakthrough comes from the development of culture medium containing growth factors that make IVM 50% more successful than in previous methods.   

So what is IVM and how does it relate to the process of IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)?

To understand this development, you first need to know a little bit about how eggs are stored in the ovary and how IVF is practiced today.