Ivf - In Vitro Fertilisation
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10, 000 Australian couples are treated with IVF each year. The expensive and rather risky program (costing around $4000 excluding overheads) allows infertile couples to achieve pregnancy when conventional therapy has failed or is unacceptable. The procedure involves placing eggs that have been fer ....
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.... At the same time, semen samples from the husband (or donor) are obtained. The most active and healthy sperm are selected by forcing
them to swim through a culture medium.
- The egg and sperm are placed together in a suitable medium for fertilisation to occur in a culture dish. If fertilisation does not occur after 72 hours, the oocytes (incompletely developed eggs) and sperm are disposed of. The
resulting embryos are observed for the next few days.
- A small plastic tube is inserte ....
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