💻 Technology May 8, 2026 · Jessica Hamzelou

Here’s how technology transformed babymaking

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Technology is changing the way we make babies. The pioneering work of the scientists who invented IVF led to the birth of the first “test tube baby” in 1978. We’ve come a long, long way since then.



This week, I’ve been working on a piece about the cutting edge of IVF technologies and what’s coming next. Think AI and robots and, potentially, gene-edited embryos.



My reporting has also made me think about just how much progress has been made in the last five decades. Clinicians have improved

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