Endometriosis increases the risk of certain cancers
...For ovarian cancer it might be the exposure of the ovaries to the hostile endometrium cells that invade the ovary during the course of the endometriosis disease. Or it could be defects in the immune system that allow the endometriosis to grow and also might allow cancer cells to grow in different parts of th...New research holds promise for protecting cancer patients against infertility
...at it would be possible to use it to shut down the ovaries temporarily during the time that chemotherapy was ...ere are already several options for protecting the ovaries and even preserving eggs, embryos, or ovarian tissue. In addition to raising awareness among the m...Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
...g pregnancy, said Dr. Fowler. We examined the ovaries from the fetuses at day 110 of gestation, the equi...f week 27 in a human pregnancy, and found that the ovaries from the fetuses where the mother was grazing the sewage sludge fields contained fewer eggs and also...MGH researchers confirm that bone marrow restores fertility in female mice
...-derived egg cells or oocytes were observed in the ovaries of marrow recipients, all pups born were from the ...ed from the donor bone marrow are getting into the ovaries and developing into immature oocytes, says Jonathan Tilly, PhD, director of the Vincent Center for R...First case of successful ovarian tissue transplantation between two, nonidentical sisters
A woman, whose ovaries had failed due to damage caused by chemotherapy an...s were able to recover two mature oocytes from her ovaries and fertilise them to produce two embryos. This first case of a successful transplantation of ovar...Study suggests estrogen deficiency can lead to obesity-induced high blood pressure after menopause
...eory the researchers used 24 aged female rats. The ovaries were removed from two-thirds of the group (ovariectomized; ovx) while the ovaries of the other third of the group remained intact and served as controls. The researchers subdivided t...