Editing Gamete intrafallopian transfer (section)

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'''Gamete intrafallopian transfer''' ('''GIFT''') is a tool of [[assisted reproductive technology]] against [[infertility]]. Eggs are removed from a woman's ovaries, and placed in one of the [[fallopian tube]]s, along with the man's sperm. The technique, first attempted by [[Patrick Steptoe|Steptoe]] and [[Robert Edwards (physiologist)|Edwards]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Edwards RG | title = The bumpy road to human in vitro fertilization | journal = Nature Medicine | volume = 7 | issue = 10 | pages = 1091–1094 | date = October 2001 | pmid = 11590421 | doi = 10.1038/nm1001-1091 | s2cid = 5123258 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and later pioneered by endocrinologist [[Ricardo Asch]], allows fertilization to take place inside the woman's uterus.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Asch RH, Ellsworth LR, Balmaceda JP, Wong PC | title = Pregnancy after translaparoscopic gamete intrafallopian transfer | journal = Lancet | volume = 2 | issue = 8410 | pages = 1034–1035 | date = November 1984 | pmid = 6149412 | doi = 10.1016/s0140-6736(84)91127-9 | s2cid = 33844752 }}</ref>

With the advances in IVF the GIFT procedure is used less as pregnancy rates in [[IVF]] tend to be equal or better and do not require [[laparoscopy]] when the egg is put back.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Toner JP | title = Progress we can be proud of: U.S. trends in assisted reproduction over the first 20 years | journal = Fertility and Sterility | volume = 78 | issue = 5 | pages = 943–950 | date = November 2002 | pmid = 12413976 | doi = 10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03769-x | doi-access = free }}</ref>