Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is the widely popular fertility treatments to have a successful pregnancy through various procedures like IVF, where eggs are extracted and mixed with the sperm in a laboratory dish. Once the embryo culturing is done, the resulting embryo is transferred back in to female’s uterus or donated to another woman. Besides IVF, other procedures of ART are artificial insemination, ICSI and surrogacy.
ARTs are preferred to dial with infertility problems while preserving the biological relationship with the child. The first IVF baby was born in 1978 in Britain and by 2012; about 1.5 million ART cycles have been performed worldwide. More than 5 million babies are born since the first successful IVF till 2014. ART treatments are usually considered when other treatments fail. Sometimes, there can be male fertility ot tubal obstructions as well.
In-vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET), and frozen embryo transfer (FET) are the most important procedures in ART. With the rapid growth in ART science, in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer owns largest market segment because of its high success rates higher success rate. To maximize the success rates, time-lapse imaging system is followed where a crystal clear picture of egg division is recorded and the fate of embryo is decided.
The advancements in ART are going to rise further because of rising infertility cases, growth in number of smokers, obese population and stress levels. According to WHO, around 1.9 million obese and 600 million people worldwide were said to be overweight. Approximately 6 out of 10 people suffer from stress at workplaces. 1 in 7 couples experience some type of form of infertility.
Infertile couples looking for fertility treatment usually get in touch with surrogacy agencies. Surrogacy agencies in India have tie-ups with many fertility clinics.
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