Editing Embryo transfer (section)

== History ==
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The first transfer of an embryo from one human to another resulting in pregnancy was reported in July 1983 and subsequently led to the announcement of the first human birth 3 February 1984.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9404EEDC143BF937A35751C0A962948260 | work=The New York Times |title=Infertile Woman Has Baby Through Embryo Transfer |first=Sandra |last=Blakeslee |date=4 February 1984 |access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> This procedure was performed at the Harbor UCLA Medical Center <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humc.edu/calendar/careacc.html |title=HUMC – Celebrating 50 Years of Caring |work=humc.edu |access-date=18 January 2009 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200212/http://www.humc.edu/calendar/careacc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> under the direction of Dr. [[John Buster]] and the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine.

In the procedure, an embryo that was just beginning to develop was transferred from one woman in whom it had been conceived by [[artificial insemination]] to another woman who gave birth to the infant 38 weeks later. The sperm used in the artificial insemination came from the husband of the woman who bore the baby.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952517,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216154049/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952517,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2009 |magazine=Time |title=Medicine: A Legal, Moral, Social Nightmare |date=10 September 1984 |first1=Otto |last1=Friedrich |first2=Anne |last2=Constable |first3=Raji |last3=Samghabadi |access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952514,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114224526/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952514,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2005 |magazine=Time |title=The New Origins of Life |date=10 September 1984 |access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>

This scientific breakthrough established standards and became an agent of change for women with infertility and for women who did not want to pass on genetic disorders to their children. Donor embryo transfer has given women a mechanism to become pregnant and give birth to a child that will contain their husband's genetic makeup. Although donor embryo transfer as practiced today has evolved from the original non-surgical method, it now accounts for approximately 5% of in vitro fertilization recorded births.

Prior to this, thousands of women who were [[infertile]], had adoption as the only path to parenthood. This set the stage to allow open and candid discussion of embryo donation and transfer. This breakthrough has given way to the donation of human embryos as a common practice similar to other donations such as blood and major organ donations. At the time of this announcement the event was captured by major news carriers and fueled healthy debate and discussion on this practice which impacted the future of reproductive medicine by creating a platform for further advancements in woman's health.

This work established the technical foundation and legal-ethical framework surrounding the clinical use of human [[oocyte]] and [[embryo donation]], a mainstream clinical practice, which has evolved over the past 25 years.<ref name="Time" /><ref name="ReferenceA" />