Latest IVF techniques and their impact

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Latest IVF techniques and their impact



Over the years, new techniques have been added to this process, which have overcome its limitations and boosted the chances of bringing home a healthy baby for couples for whom this would not have been possible otherwise.

When In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) was introduced back in the 1980s, the medical procedure used to be a hush-hush affair with success rates hovering at just about 12 per cent. Four decades and more than 8 million IVF babies later, this 'miracle of science' has come a long way from there.

Circa 2021. IVF has become a common procedure to treat infertility in both men and women and we look at a 40 per cent success rate today. As the science of fertility continues to advance, each new intervention adds a fresh ray of hope for those who may be suffering from fertility problems that were earlier considered to be without cure.

In a nutshell, the process of IVF involves taking the process of reproduction to a petri dish, where eggs extracted from the woman and sperms from the male partner are fused outside the body to form a healthy embryo. This is planted back into the woman's uterus where the pregnancy continues.

Over the years, new techniques have been added to this process, which have overcome its limitations and boosted the chances of bringing home a healthy baby for couples for whom this would not have been possible otherwise.

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