Artificial ovary matures human eggs

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07 May 2009 by Alison Motluk

A HUMAN ovary grown in the lab from slivers of ovarian tissue has been able to turn an immature egg into one that is ready to be fertilised.

Cancer treatment can destroy women's eggs so artificial ovaries could give them many more chances of conceiving. Currently, only mature eggs are taken and frozen before treatment, but if eggs could be matured outside the body, lots of immature eggs could be stored instead. Researchers, too, could use an artificial ovary to test if potential toxins affect maturing eggs.

To create the artificial ovary Sandra Carson and Stephan Krotz at the Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and their colleagues, started with theca cells, which form the outer coating of the follicle that holds the egg and produces a precursor to oestrogen. They got their cells from ovaries that had been removed from young women for other reasons. A gel mould shaped like a honeycomb was seeded with theca cells, which grew into a structure 2 millimetres wide.

From the fluid surrounding eggs of another set of women undergoing IVF the team extracted granulosa cells, which produce the hormone oestradiol and help eggs to mature. They used a mould to form them into spherical clumps, which they placed into cavities in the honeycomb.

more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227073.900-artificial-ovary-matures-human-eggs.html

[HopeHoops]

1. So THAT's where Glenn Beck came from!

He couldn't have a mother or he would have welts on his face from her slapping him for being such an idiot on TV.

[Soylent Brice]

2. to say he came from any kind of human organ, natural or otherwise,

is an insult to humanity.

[HopeHoops]

3. Well what kind of creature would you LIKE me to insult????

:shrug:

[Soylent Brice]

4. republicans.

[HopeHoops]

5. Ah, well, I actually know a few that are decent people.

They aren't happy with what is happening to the GOP. I suspect they will win out in the end after Rush and FOX reduce the "base" to six fat white white guy with shotguns in Texas.

[valerief]

6. I smell an army/slave labor laboratory! nt

[arcadian]

7. Brave New World

[Soylent Brice]

8. Men Like Gods.

the yin to your yang.

[kestrel91316]

9. Wow, this is great. 'Cause we have to DO SOMETHING about the terrible

shortage of humans on this planet. This should be just the ticket.

[LynneSin]

10. It'll be even MORE unborn fetuses the anti-choicers can save

:grr:

[LeftHander]

11. They use them as batteries....nt

[Lex]

12. SAVE TEH HONEYCOMBE BABIEZ!!!111

nt