Editing Reproductive technology (section)

=== Role of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) ===
In 1981, after the birth of Elizabeth Carr, the first baby in the United States to be conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Her birth gave hope to many couples struggling with infertility. Dr. Howard Jones brought together the leading practitioners of the five US-based IVF programs ([[Norfolk]],{{clarify|date=October 2023|reason=not the English county?}} [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]], [[University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston|University of Texas at Houston]], and the [[University of Southern California]], [[Yale University|Yale)]] to discuss the establishment of a national registry for in vitro fertilization attempts and outcomes. 2 years later, in 1985 the society for assisted reproductive technology (SART) was founded as a special interest entity within the American Fertility Society.<ref>{{Citation |title=Gosden, Prof. Roger Gordon, (born 23 Sept. 1948), Professor, and Director of Research in Reproductive Biology, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 2004–10; Owner and Director, Jamestowne Bookworks, LLC, Williamsburg, Virginia |date=2007-12-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u17652 |work=Who's Who |access-date=2023-10-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> SART has not only informed the evolution of infertility care but also improved success of antiretroviral therapy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Toner |first=James P. |last2=Coddington |first2=Charles C. |last3=Doody |first3=Kevin |last4=Van Voorhis |first4=Brad |last5=Seifer |first5=David B. |last6=Ball |first6=G. David |last7=Luke |first7=Barbara |last8=Wantman |first8=Ethan |date=September 2016 |title=Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology and assisted reproductive technology in the United States: a 2016 update |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0015028216612931 |journal=Fertility and Sterility |language=en |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=541–546 |doi=10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.05.026|doi-access=free }}</ref>