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Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Assisted Reproductive Technologies
In these methods used to treat infertility, three methods (IVF, ZIFT, and ICSI) artificially induce the union of sperm and egg in the laboratory before implanting the fertilized egg inside the female reproductive system. The fourth method (GIFT) mixes unfertilized eggs and sperm in the laboratory before transferring them to the fallopian tube, where fertilization takes place naturally.
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Infertility; Medical Ethics
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