Postage stamp. Great Britain. Queen Elizabeth II. Millennium Series. The Patients' Tale. Sculpture of Test-tube Baby.
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a liquid in a laboratory. After the fertilised egg (zygote) undergoes embryo culture for 2–6 days, it is implanted in the same or another woman's uterus, with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy. Stamp designed by Antony Gormley.
Size: 2989px × 2851px
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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