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A childless couple has agreed for a test tube baby programme. List only the basic steps the procedure would involve to conceive the baby.

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In-vitro fertilisation (IVF- fertilisation outside the body in almost similar conditions as that in the body) followed by embryo transfer (ET). This method popularly known as test-tube baby programme, ova from wife/donor (female) and sperms from the husband donor (male) are collected and are induced to form zygote under simulated conditions in the laboratory. The zygote or early embryos (with upto 8 blastomeres) could then be transferred into the fallopian tube (ZIFT- Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer) and embryos with more than 8 blastomeres into the uterus (IUT- Intrauterine Transfer) to complete its further development
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