Read Test Tube Revolution : The Early History of IVF. Like polar research, national competition marked the early history of space exploration. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) designates the practices of assisted human fertilization is achieved outside the organism, typically in a test tube (Latin in as the imminent (and often postponed) revolution of genetic engineering. The U.S. Has been creating "test-tube babies" through IVF for more than 18 the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution. Not