ESHRE-Review:
Baby Born From Egg Harvested While Immature And Matured In Test Tube
(sz) Women who cannot have IVF or have sudden ovarian failure, cancer, or for other reasons cannot have drugs to stimulate their ovaries to mature eggs, were given fresh hope yesterday when doctors in Canada announced the birth of the first baby that was born from an egg that was harvested while immature, matured in a test tube and then frozen and thawed to be used later.
The baby girl is now about one year old. Her mother has polycystic ovarian syndrome which means she could not receive the usual hormonal treatment to mature her eggs as this would over stimulate her ovaries. Overstimulated ovaries cause follicles to swell up and absorb fluid which leads to kidney failure.
The research that produced the new experimental treatment was conducted by Hanahel Holzer and colleagues at the McGill Reproductive Centre in Montreal.
The study was reported by Holzer to the 23rd annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) which is taking place in Lyon, France.
Holzer and colleagues took unmatured eggs from the prospective mother’s ovaries and matured them in the lab using hormones. The eggs were then frozen to be thawed later when needed. more…
From: »Medical News Today«