What does GIFT stand for?

This technology combines the use of fertility drugs - hormonal therapy - with artificial insemination using any of a group of techniques: intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT), or oocyte (egg) donation.

Other technologies include intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), in which a single sperm is injected into a single egg during IVF, and gamete intrafallopian transfer, an alternative to IVF in which sperm and unfertilized eggs are surgically placed in a woman's fallopian tubes.

In India today, an infertile couple theoretically has recourse to a vast array of assisted-conception technologies, from first-generation technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) to newer ones such as gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) and zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT).

Today, female infertility describes women who cannot become pregnant after repeated in-vitro fertilization and gamete intrafallopian transfer operations costing $8,000 a try.

Within the last year, two new techniques have been added to the list: gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) and transvagial oocyte retrieval.

He said that this commitment had resulted in a number of significant technological "firsts" in the Tampa Bay area including: -- The first and only in-office in vitro fertilization (IVF) program -- The first gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) pregnancy -- The first pregnancy using donor eggs and IVF in the region -- The first practice to offer embryo cryopreservation -- The first baby born from intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) -- The first local facility to offer outpatient tubal reversals by reproductive endocrinologists Dr.

This new facility will offer a full spectrum of ART services, including in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) and cryopreservation of embryos.