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Question
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Suggest some methods to assist infertile couples to have children.

Solution
There are numerous assisted reproductive technologies (ART) available which can help infertile couples to have  children. They are :

(1) IVF-In Vitro Fertilization (Test tube babies). followed by where the sperm and ova are collected from the donors and the fertilized in a laboratory followed by ET-embryo transfer.

(2)The zygote or early embryo can be transferred by two methods: ZIFT-Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer or IUT-Intra Uterine transfer

(3) In vivo fertilisation where fusion of gamete from donor takes place inside a female.

(4) GIFT-Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer where ova is tranfered from fallopian tube of donor female to another female.

(5) ICSI-Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection, AI-Artificial insemination and IUI-Intra uterine insemination where sperm from a donor is introduced into ovum, vagina and uterus of the female respectively.