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Medical NewsThe articles are in chronological order.
Frozen human eggs successfully used for pregnancy
WALTHAM - Doctors at Boston IVF have successfully used frozen human eggs to impregnate a client in a process that may change the way women view their fertility.
Human Bone Marrow Used to Create Early Stage Sperm Cells
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/local_news/x1095159255
For the first time, scientists have used human bone marrow to create early stage sperm cells, a research advance that will help improve understanding about how sperm cells are created, a new study says.
Bone stem cells may morph into sperm
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/13/hscout603658.html
Stem cells taken from the bone marrow of men can be coaxed into something that resembles an immature sperm cell, researchers working in Germany said on Friday.
First baby from lab-matured egg
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKN1318497220070416
The first baby created from an egg matured in the lab, frozen, thawed and then fertilised, has been born.
IVF turns one embryo into twins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6260940.stm
IVF ups the risk of a twin pregnancy even if only one embryo is transferred, claim scientists.
Longest frozen embryo baby born
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6261430.stm
A healthy baby girl has been born in the US after spending the last 13 years in frozen suspension as an embryo.
Labs Mature Eggs From Girls With Cancer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4655035.stm
Doctors have removed eggs from young female cancer patients and - for the first time - brought the eggs to maturity before freezing them, giving the girls a better chance to one day have children.
Mice born from cloned sperm
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=3337833
Cloning might one day restore the fertility of men with severely low sperm counts, say researchers in the United States who have cloned mouse sperm and used it to create apparently healthy adult mice.
Complementary therapy hampers IVF
http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news-print.cfm?art=3429
Women using alternative therapies to boost their chance of getting pregnant may actually be doing the reverse, say UK researchers
Expensive 'fertility aid' fails (P.G.D. Aneuploidy)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6266668.stm
An expensive treatment designed to improve a woman's chance of pregnancy actually does the reverse, Dutch research suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6266200.stm |
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