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Those qualities are surely as essential in this difficult field as are flasks, hormones and microscopes. Though man has wondered about human reproduction since the dawn of history, it remains, in many respects, as mysterious?some would even say as mystical???as ever. At birth, the infant human female is endowed with as many as a million egg cells, many more than she will ever need during her 30 or so child-bearing years. Starting at puberty, eggs are released, usually one at a time, about midway in the menstrual cycle. The process is intricate and marvelous. Stimulated by hormones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Test-Tube Baby | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

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