A 38-year-old sterile woman is due to give birth to the world's first baby conceived after a full ovary transplant.
A woman will soon deliver a child conceived from transplanted ovaries - a major breakthrough in infertility treatment that will make it first of its kind.
Ovaries Age in a Different Way from Testes: Study
A new study in mice has not only shown that reproductive organs age in a different way to other body tissues but also that ovaries age in a different way from testes - findings that
A new study in mice has not only shown that reproductive organs age in a different way to other body tissues but also that ovaries age in a different way from testes - findings that
The Londoner, who had been suffering with osteoporosis since her teen years, saw her periods return after the pioneering procedure led in the US by Dr Sherman Silber, at the Infertility Center of St Louis in Missouri.
"Reconnecting these blood vessels deep inside the pelvis can be a tactical challenge. The ovarian artery is less than a third of a millimetre in diameter, in fact so small many gynaecologists have never seen it," the Scotsman quoted the microsurgery pioneer as saying.
Screening Doesn't Help, Ovaries Removal Only Option
The transvaginal ultrasound screening may not be reliable enough to detect ovarian cancer. The only option removing the ovaries.
The transvaginal ultrasound screening may not be reliable enough to detect ovarian cancer. The only option removing the ovaries.
The woman, whose body was expected to have a greater possibility to accept her twin's ovaries, conceived around a year post procedure making it the first known pregnancy from a whole ovary transplant.
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome More Prevalent in Overweight Women
Overweight and obese Spanish women appear five times as likely as lean women to have polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that decreases fertility and contributes to other illnesses.
Overweight and obese Spanish women appear five times as likely as lean women to have polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that decreases fertility and contributes to other illnesses.
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Cryopreservation of Ovaries for Cancer patients undergoing treatment
Researchers from Israel has found a new method of Cryopreservation of ovaries for few years and then reimplanting them into the same women. The procedure would be very useful for women with cancer, because during cancer hormonal treatment, the chances of women getting infertile is very high.
Researchers from Israel has found a new method of Cryopreservation of ovaries for few years and then reimplanting them into the same women. The procedure would be very useful for women with cancer, because during cancer hormonal treatment, the chances of women getting infertile is very high.
