First baby born from an egg matured in lab and frozen
The first test-tube baby created from an egg
matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada.
The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.
The baby is doing well and another three women are pregnant by the same method, researchers told a medical meeting in Lyon, France, on Monday.
“We have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to do this and, so far, we have achieved four successful pregnancies, one of which has resulted in a live birth,” Hananel Holzer of the McGill Reproductive Center in Montreal said in a statement.
But Holzer and other experts believe it has the potential to become one of the main options for fertility preservation. Women diagnosed with cancer are likely to be the main beneficiaries, since cancer treatment can make them sterile and they often have no time to take fertility drugs.
Another avenue opens for alternatives when women face involuntary sterility because of medical treatment or illness. Choices are always welcome.
Posted: Tue - July 3, 2007 at 06:38 AM