In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which the egg cells extracted from the woman are fertilized by sperm outside the human body: in vitro. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have been unsuccessful. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process of the woman's body, removing ova (eggs) from the woman's ovaries and enabling the sperm fertilize them in a fluid medium. The fertilized egg (zygote) is then transferred back and implanted in to the patient's uterus with the objective to establish a pregnancy. The first successful birth of a 'test tube baby', Louise Brown, occurred in 1978. Robert G. Edwards, is the physiologist who devised the treatment. He was later awarded the esteemed Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in the year 2010.
In Vitro Fertilization – (IVF)
Infertility affects upto 15% of all couples, who are unable to conceive and have children naturally.Various techniques of Assisted reproduction has now made it possible to treat almost all forms of infertility and help such couples to achieve pregnancy. These medical techniques are now responsible for the birth of around 2 million children worldwide. Singapore, Thailand and Indian hospitals offer the latest services, with success rates equivalent to the west, at very affordable costs but at the same time without compromising on quality. This has been possible by making use of the state-of-the-art equipment, best quality disposable and imported culture media, high-class competent service and very economical professional fees. This objective has enabled our partner units to be at the forefront in offering fertility services in India. Our goal is to offer the most advanced and globally competitive ART programs and services. All these centers are equipped with the state-of-the-art 'Embryology Laboratory' and staffed with the team of highly trained professionals. Our partner hospitals like Apollo, Fortis, Apollo and Narayana Hospital have advanced facilities of performing IVF procedure . The expert team has managed more than 12,000 patients and achieved pregnancy rate of 40-50% in women less than 35 years of age.
The term in vitro, is derived from the Latin root meaning in glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is commonly used to refer to any biological procedure that is performed outside the body of organism it would normally be occurring in. This is to distinguish it from an in vivo procedure, where the tissue remains inside the living organism within which it is normally found. A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF is, 'test tube babies'. This refers back to the tube-shaped containers of glass or plastic resin, called test tubes, that are commonly used in chemistry labs and biology labs. However, in vitro fertilisation in hospitals is usually performed in the shallower containers called Petri dishes. One IVF method, Autologous Endometrial Coculture, is actually performed on organic material, but is still considered in vitro.
