Surgeons recreate eggs in vitro to treat infertility
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 09:01
in Health & Medicine
Regenerative-medicine researchers have moved a promising step closer to helping infertile, premenopausal women produce enough eggs to become pregnant. Surgeons have now reported that they were able to stimulate ovarian cell production using an in vitro rat model, and observed as the cells matured into very early-stage eggs that could possibly be fertilized.