{"id":14038,"date":"2023-08-16T06:46:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T01:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14038"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:54:45","slug":"in-vitro-fertilization-ivf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/in-vitro-fertilization-ivf\/","title":{"rendered":"In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>medical procedure used to assist individuals<\/strong> or couples who are <strong>facing fertility challenges in achieving pregnancy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>IVF is the <strong>most common and effective type of assisted reproductive technology (ART).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Process:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>IVF is a complex process that <strong>involves retrieving eggs from ovaries<\/strong> and <strong>manually combining them with sperm in a lab for fertilization<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Several days after fertilization, the <strong>fertilized egg (now called an embryo) is placed inside a uterus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pregnancy occurs when this embryo implants itself into the uterine wall<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The procedure can be <strong>done using a couple&#8217;s own eggs and sperm<\/strong>. Or IVF <strong>may involve eggs, sperm or embryos from a known or anonymous donor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The success rate<\/strong> of IVF <strong>depends on a number of factors<\/strong> including reproductive history, maternal age, the cause of infertility, and lifestyle factors.<\/li>\n<li>IVF can be <strong>used to treat infertility in the following patients:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Blocked or <strong>damaged fallopian tubes<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Male factor infertility<\/strong> including <strong>decreased sperm count <\/strong>or sperm motility;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women with ovulation disorders<\/strong>, premature ovarian failure, uterine fibroids;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women who have had their fallopian tubes removed<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>Individuals with a <strong>genetic disorder<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unexplained infertility;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is an embryo?<\/h3>\n<p>An embryo is the earliest stage of development of a multicellular organism after fertilization. In the context of human biology, an embryo specifically refers to the early stage of development of a fertilized egg (zygote) until about eight weeks of gestation. During this period, the embryo undergoes rapid cell division and differentiation, eventually forming the basis for the development of the fetus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/in-a-first-in-india-goa-to-give-free-ivf-treatment-in-govt-hospital\/articleshow\/102744887.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>In a first in India, Goa to give free IVF treatment in govt hospital<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/in-a-first-in-india-goa-to-give-free-ivf-treatment-in-govt-hospital\/articleshow\/102744887.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>In a first in India, Goa to give free IVF treatment in govt hospital<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Vitro Fertilization is a medical procedure used to assist individuals or couples who are facing fertility challenges in achieving pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}