Question

Describe in brief the GIFT.

Answer 1

1. Transfer of an ovum collected from a donor into the fallopian tube of another female who can provide a suitable environment for its fertilization and development.
2. This technique called gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) has been developed for the cases in which only the entrance to the oviducts or the upper segment of the oviducts in blocked.
3. In this procedure ova and sperms are directly injected into regions of the oviduct, where fertilization produces a blastocyst, which enters the uterus via the normal route.
4. GIFT has a success rate of about 30 percent