test-tube

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If fertility continues to fall, we may indeed drift toward the world Aldous Huxley imagined—a “brave new world” possible only with test-tube babies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Jarrell-Searcy's parents met over a test-tube centrifuge in a laboratory.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

At the time, they were called test-tube babies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

The news simply said that in a test-tube study, ivermectin showed "antiviral" capabilities against omicron.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2022

They were pioneers in the field of infertility treatments, and were responsible for the first test-tube baby born in the United States.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot