Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) - specialized infertility treatments
designed to increase
the number of eggs and/or sperm, or bring them closer
together, resulting in improved probability
of conception not otherwise possible.
1. In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
-
a procedure that involves retrieving eggs and sperms from the bodies
of the
male and female partners and placing them together in a laboratory dish
to enhance
fertilization.
Fertilized eggs are then transferred several days later into the female
partner's uterus
where
implantation and embryo development will hopefully occur as in a normal
pregnancy.
2. Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer
(GIFT) - procedure that involves ovarian stimulation,
egg retrieval, and placing a mixture of sperm and eggs directly into a
women's fallopian tubes to
foster fertilization inside the females body.
3. Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer
(ZIFT) - procedure in which the fertilized egg (zygote) is placed
directly
into a women's fallopian tubes after IVF.
4. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
(ICSI) - insertion of a single sperm into the cytoplasm of an egg
using
a thin glass needle.
5. Assisted Hatching - Embryo
Micromanipulation - embryo micromanipulation that involves the
creation of an opening n the outer layer of the embryo. This helps
the normal growing embryo to
emerge from the covering in order to properly implant in the uterus.
6. Surrogacy - when women agrees to carry to term the fetus of another person.
Source: http://ethics.acusd.edu/socialethics/Bioethics/ReproductiveTechnologies/index.htm