What do IVF stand for?
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Here are some expansions choose whuch is more appropriate for u\n\nIVF - In Vitro Fertilization \nIVF - Intel Video Technology (filename extension) \nIVF - Intervertebral Foramen \nIVF - Intra-Venous Fluids
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The embryo's are the property of the couple that gave the egg and sperm to create the embryos.\n\nEach year I have to sign a statement that tells the facility that stores my remaining embryos what I want to do with them.  Store them, destroy them, donate them.  \n\nI had to do the same for the embryos that weren't of good enough quality to keep.
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Fertilization of an egg with sperm can occur in vitro (in a test tube). Under proper conditions, a blastocyst will form after about 5 days. The blastocyst contains a group of cells called the inner cell mass. These cells are pluripotent, meaning they can differentiate into any cell in the human body. These are commonly referred to as "embryotic stem cells".
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The human egg or ovum is a single cell or female gamete.  The ovum is fertilized when the male gamete called sperm enters the egg and their halves of the DNA combine.\n\nThe fertilized ovum / sperm combined cell is called a zygote.\n\nThe zygote splits repeatedly into more cells with differing levels of specialization, eventually developing into an embryo through to a baby.\n\nNo, it is not covered with a shell like a bird's egg.
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I'm not sure of the other two but I do know what in vitro is, it is when the egg of the woman is fertilized outside of the woman's body and then reinserted into her body for development...I'm not sure if that answers your question.
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artificial insemination...In vitro fertilization....
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ask your doc if he would put you on clomid, its a fertility drug that makes your ovaries produce more eggs, I took it to get pregnant with my first child, worked the first month too, after trying unsuccessfully for 2 years. Possible sideeffects tho, are maybe a multiple pregnancy
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you can get a kit from the doctors to see when you are at the most fertile
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hopfully, the sperm banks are still in one peace and also one of the guys can preform a uturine transplant operation on the other guys. we would need a much larger gene pool to work from. i would be happy to assist in the operating room and hold heads as they puke in the first trimester. we women have plenty of eggs to go around for them.
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we use IVF for the treatment of poor ova production by hyperstimulation the ovary with the defecient hormone so we make menstrual cycle irregular and it need medical moinatring to avoid unexpected complication.
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No, IVF won't cause birth defects, but the effectiveness is only 25%
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a.cell fusion -2 Living cells fused using synthetic medium artificially, it casues karyoplast fusion as well as cytoplast fusion, When an undifferentiated stem cell fuses with a mature differentiated cell, the resultant cell can retain the mature cell \n\nb.Tissue culture - A branch of biotechnology working using invtro cell lines in a petridish growing in 37 degree incubator with 5% Carbon dioxide.. example Hela cell lines - A cell line obtained from Henrita laks ( other exapmles like  tissues cut from kidney or other tissues and homogeneous suspension is  made  and grown in dishes to study drug targetting and for transfection.Also in plants small part of bud is cultured in a test tube with appropriate shoot inducing and rooinducing hormones to get plants with desired charecters .A biotechnology teaching college is incomplete without a tissue culture lab aslo known as cell culture lab\n\nc.Recombinent DNA - Most of the times bacterial plasmids are engineered to ligate with gene of interest using enzymes to obtain required protein ,usually used for commercial purpose and also for research purpose ( recombining DNA -a major feild also called as genetic engineering )\n\nd.Embryo transfer - 2 kinds of embryo transfers are commenly seen .One in the laboratory,it is done using mouse embryos, after embryo manipulations , to obtain transgenic animals or knock out animals or for other purposes embryos are transfered to a surrogate mother ,It is done in two ways. uterine or oviduct (depending on the stage of the embryo) , 2nd one ,in hosipitals  invitro clininc IVF therapy ,Embryos are transferred using a cappilary pipe and a syringe,through the vegina ( generally in blastocyst stage)to the mother after invitro fertilisation for those mothes who has problem in natural fertilsation and also for various other reasons ,to get disigned babies .Embryo transfers are also practicved in other animals as well .Dolly is also a gud example born after embryo transfer after somatic cell nuclear transfer \n\ne.Artificial insemination - Here sperm is placed into a female's uterus by artificial means unlike natural copulation.Semen is collected, extended, then cooled or frozen. It can be used on site or shipped to the female's location.artificial insemination were first developed for the dairy cattle industry to allow many cows to be impregnated with the sperm of a bull with traits for improved milk production.and also in other animals .In humans artificial insemination is usually part of an infertility treatment; either the woman's partner's sperm (artificial insemination by husband, AIH) or donor sperm (artificial insemination by donor, AID) can be used.\n\nf.protoplast fusion - a technique used to generate genetically modified fruits,Protoplast is nothing but cell minus cell wall , so two protoplasts are fused from two fruits after removing cell wall using generally PEG and sendiviruses to enhance fusion .Generally it causes somatic cell fusion.Protoplasts are useful in genetic manipulations because they do not have cell walls. They are ideal targets for taking up naked DNA and for fusing with protoplasts of other related species. In the related genus, Episcia, some species and selections have true yellow and red flowers. this procedure has been successfully applied  for plant regeneration from African violet protoplasts to protoplasts of Episcia cupreata Tropical Topaz .Several researchers have emphasized production of hybrids between distantly related, sexually incompatible species, not all are success stories there are more failure also .\n\ng. test tube baby - A test-tube baby is the term that refers to a \nchild that is conceived outside the woman's body.  The first \nsuccessful test-tube baby was born in England in 1978 and since then.over 20,000 test-tube babies have been born worldwide. The process is referred to as in vitro (outside the body) fertilization.Simply put, eggs are removed from the mother's ovary and inc
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I assume you mean cloning for the growth of an entire human being, not cloning for parts; i.e, heart, lungs, eyes, etc.\n\nWell, you know years ago people freaked out about so-called "test tube babies," saying it went against nature, god, and all sort of things.  People said it would be the end of male/female relationships.  They said it would make MEN obsolete.  They said many, many stupid things.  Here we are and in vitro fertilization is a common and valuable procedure for couples experiencing infertility problems.  \n\nI work in women's health.  I truly believe "Human Cloning" will simply be another choice for couples with infertility problems.  How nice would it be for a couple to be able to clone one of themselves in a situation where either the female has no eggs or the male has no sperm.  In these situations a couple can only have a child that is PARTLY a stranger's DNA.  That sometimes leaves one of the parents feeling left out.  Also, the conceived child has NO INFORMATION pertaining to the donor DNA.  \n\nI think it would be great.  It may also reduce the number of multiple gestations so common with in vitro, which has many, many complications.\n\nI also have to address another issue:  A cloned baby would be EXACTLY like a TWIN of the person being cloned.  Genetically, it is no different.  Nothing freaky about that.
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Actually I have this problem and despite not being a doctor there is still hope for people who have non-obstructive azoospermia. I am still looking for an answer for my own problem.  They found sperm in me and one fertilized an oocyte from my wife using a procedure ICSI at a clinic. ICSI is (intra-cellular-sperm-injection…I may be wrong on what it stands for but I know I am close).  Unfortunately the after fertilization the developing clump of cells (help me here medical people) was not viable for transfer (it stopped dividing). By the way… getting your testicles operated on for Sperm retrieval really is not that painful.  The anxiety for me was the most difficult part. \n\nDon’t settle for losing hope.\n\nAzoospermia that is non-obstructive (NOA) can be caused by many different things.  Many people who have NOA have sperm retrieval that is viable for ICSI.  In short I got please email me and I would like to discuss the issue with you.  Respond to my answer and give me your email address. I will email you more info. \n\nTHE TOP DOCTOR I believe in the US if not in the world for treating NOA is Dr. Peter Schlegel from Cornell.\nThe treatment for NOA is described here:\n\nhttp://www.cornellurology.com/uro/cornell/infertility/srt/azoospermia.shtml\n\nHere is the info on Schlegel\nhttp://www.cornellurology.com/uro/cornell/faculty/schlegel.html\n\nObviously you know there are 2 categories of azoospermia \n1. Obstructive Azoospermia (read about it elsewhere)\n\n2. Non-obstructive Azoospermia\n-Obstructive can be cause by an absence of the vas deferens or retrograde ejaculation.  Basically this has many successful treatment options because the problem is simple a plumbing issue.  One way or another obstructive azoospermia patients often can have sperm extracted for assisted reproduction.\n-The shit really hits the fan when you find out that you have NOA or non-obstructive azoospermia.  This can be caused by a myriad of things such as:\n-Genetic abnormalities:Klienfelter's XXY , Y chromosome micro-deletions or other genetic anomalies that are currently unidentified as causes of azoospermia\n-Damage to testis: 1 Exposure to radiation (chemotherapy does a number on spermatogenesis) 2 Exposure to chemicals that disrupt spermatogenesis or kill the primary germ cells in the testis  3 Traumatic injury to the testis (i.e. torsion)\n-Infections Mumps (for some reason it knocks out the germ cells of the testis0\n-Other:-Variocele (normally doesn’t cause azoospermia) -Endocrine abnormalities or problems related to hormones affecting spermatogenesis -Undescended Testis damages the testing\n\nCurrent NOA treatments involve ruling out all possible causes and for some a TESE procedure for sperm retrieval is done if there is a good chance for finding viable sperm for fertilization of oocytes (assuming your wife or partner would go through hormone stimulation and egg retrieval) it costs big bucks!\n\n\nExperimental treatments that could be solutions to NOA in the future.  (Don’t hold your breath and don’t get too excited as no-one really wants to have children that are deformed or go through procedures that are have only been tested in animals)\n-In vitro spermatogenesis (assuming you have round spermatid or germ cells)\n-Germinal cell transplantation (not sure if it would be your kids anymore though)\n-The use of round spermatids for ICSI fertilization has been documented in a small number of cases. However, I wouldn’t want to risk having a deformed child by doing this.\n-Stem-cell therapy\n-Genetic therapy (not anytime soon)
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It is a possibility that you are having a reaction to the anesthesia used. I would talk to the doc involved and see if the same drug was used in the first four IVF's. There are also some folks who are just very sensitive to anesthesia. I would strongly recommend thinking very hard about doing another procedure.
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in vitro is a means of inducing pregnancy for couples unable to procreate naturally due to injury, sickness or other reasons. In vitro is carried out by first extracting sprem and egg from the couple if they are healthy or else from a donor. These are then fertilized in the lab in a growth media and once the sperm fertilizes the eggs the embryo is allowed to divide until the 8 cell stage before several healthy ones are selected to be inserted back to the woman or to a surrogate. Then the embryo will naturally embed itself in the uterus and form a fetus.
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They are frozen eggs...either by donation, for research and sometimes, women want their eggs frozen so that if something happens to them in the future, they still have their own eggs to have test tube babies.