Write short note on :Test-tube baby

1.	Write short note on :Test-tube baby
Answer» (i) Right from early times, having a baby is considered to be of utmost importance in the Indian family system. (ii) The support of ‘test-tube baby’ technology has been available to childless couples since 1978. (iii) It was under the supervision of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyaya that the experiment of the testtube baby was successfully carried out at Kolkata. (iv) This was the first successful attempt at artificial conception. A girl named Durga was born. (v) This technology helped to solve the problem of childless couples who wanted children.

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(i) Right from early times, having a baby is considered to be of utmost importance in the Indian family system.

(ii) The support of ‘test-tube baby’ technology has been available to childless couples since 1978.

(iii) It was under the supervision of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyaya that the experiment of the testtube baby was successfully carried out at Kolkata.

(iv) This was the first successful attempt at artificial conception. A girl named Durga was born.

(v) This technology helped to solve the problem of childless couples who wanted children.

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