Technology advancements has brought stunning innovations in every field of life. Today, every aspect of a human’s life is greatly affected by recent technological advancements. Medical, medicine and healthcare are no exception. We witness the introduction of newer and newer medicines and cures to the diseases. Sixty-two years ago, the first baby conceived using frozen sperm, was born. Since then numerous advances in fertility science has granted a number of ways to prospective parents.
These recent advancements are offering hope for the couples individual to become parents. A technique known as In Vitro Maturation (IMV), takes immature eggs from woman and grows in a lab. When they get mature, thy are fertilized and implanted. This procedure has helped the older women and the women with certain ovarian disorder, have children. But this method is still expensive and is not much accessible. Techniques such as embryonic chromosomal screening and cell division monitoring are improving IVF success rates.
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) entails injecting a single sperm directly into an egg to achieve fertilization. The procedure is most commonly used to overcome male infertility problems. A number of issues can contribute to male infertility, including abnormal sperm production, motility, blockage of sperm delivery or low sperm production. But with the help of ICSI, this problem has overcame and today, a couple with infertility problem in male can have children, too.