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Reproduction & Fertility · Recorded milestone

Egg freezing

Recorded year2012

Vitrification makes egg freezing a standard option.

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Built on

Frozen spermRecorded · 1953enables
In vitro fertilisationRecorded · 1978enables
ICSIRecorded · 1992enables

Led to

Artificial womb for preemiesForecast · ~2031enables
Eggs and sperm from skin cellsForecast · ~2035enables
Revived frozen organsForecast · ~2045enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.