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Xola and mama Zenzele have been indoors since her Feb. 11 birth, the first live birth of a rhinoceros at the zoo.
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Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The team rigorously tested the refined technique, utilising 113 reconstructed embryos, of which 11 were transferred to seven surrogates, ultimately resulting in just a single live birth: Retro.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
In reproduction, there’s the energy embodied by offspring–the hatchlings that emerge from eggs or the newborn young that result from live birth.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
The first live birth from IVF wasn't announced until 1978.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 May 2024
The live birth rate among the women who became pregnant was almost 28%.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
This rate represents a 52% decrease in the teen live birth rate from 2011 to 2020.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
In Alabama, there were 1,219 IVF procedures and 407 live birth deliveries in 2021, according to the CDC.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
In a study from 2016, women who froze their eggs under the age of 34 had a 60% live birth rate with 10 eggs, whereas women who froze them at 41 to 42 had around a 20% chance of a live birth.
—Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The team rigorously tested the refined technique, utilising 113 reconstructed embryos, of which 11 were transferred to seven surrogates, ultimately resulting in just a single live birth: Retro.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
In reproduction, there’s the energy embodied by offspring–the hatchlings that emerge from eggs or the newborn young that result from live birth.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
The first live birth from IVF wasn't announced until 1978.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 May 2024
The live birth rate among the women who became pregnant was almost 28%.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
This rate represents a 52% decrease in the teen live birth rate from 2011 to 2020.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
In Alabama, there were 1,219 IVF procedures and 407 live birth deliveries in 2021, according to the CDC.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
In a study from 2016, women who froze their eggs under the age of 34 had a 60% live birth rate with 10 eggs, whereas women who froze them at 41 to 42 had around a 20% chance of a live birth.
—Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
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live birth
noun
: birth in such a state that processes of life are manifested after the emergence of the whole body : birth of a live fetus compare stillbirth
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