Local Doctors Report Breakthrough In Assisted Fertilization

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis doctors say that for the first time in the world, a human egg has been fertilized using a certain device that is placed inside a woman's body.Last week, fertility specialists at Clarian North Medical Center inserted an intravaginal cultural device into Tanya White, of Madisonville, Ky. The device contained 10 of her eggs and her husband's sperm.Doctors hoped that the device would enable fertilization inside the womb rather than in a lab dish. On Saturday, they learned that the procedure had been a success -- the eggs were fertilized."This is the first fertilization with this device and the first transfer of ... embryo with this device," Dr. Leo Bonaventura said.White is now carrying two embryo. The rest were frozen for possible later use.Doctors said they will know in two weeks whether the embryo will take in White's womb