March 08, 2004

Restoring Fertility After Cancer

Doctors have restored the fertility of a cancer patient by transplanting her own frozen ovarian tissue. The sample had been frozen six years earlier, and though the initial procedure did not result in pregnancy, it demonstrated that it could work in humans.

Embryos have been successfully created in sheep using the technique.

Posted by natasha at March 8, 2004 07:46 PM | TrackBack
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