Download or read book Medically Assisted Conception written by Institute of Medicine and National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book results from a study by a committee of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture. The committee examined the scientific foundations of medically assisted conception and developed an agenda for basic research in reproductive and developmental biology that would contribute to advances in the clinical and agricultural practice of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. The volume also discusses some barriers to progress in research and ways of lowering them, and explains the scientific issues important to ethical decision making.