News tagged with ovarian tissue

World first: Ovarian transplant helps woman be mum twice over

In what doctors described Wednesday as a world first, a Danish woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using ovarian tissue that was removed, frozen, thawed and then reimplanted after cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doctors say more ovary transplants possible

(AP) -- Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors announced Monday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers Generate Mature Egg Cells From Early Ovarian Follicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have for the first time activated mouse egg cells at the earliest stage of their development and brought them to maturity. In a related experiment, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Expression of Proteins Linked to Poor Outcome in Women with Ovarian Cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have established the presence of certain proteins in ovarian cancer tissues and have linked these proteins to poor survival rates in women with advanced stages of the disease. The study, led by ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic nose detects cancer

Gyorgy Horvath from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and researchers from the University of Gavle and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have been able to confirm in tests that ovarian cancer tissue and healthy tissue ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female cancer patients find hope in fertility breakthrough

University of Adelaide reproductive health researcher Dr. Kylie Dunning was last night named the 2010 Young Investigator Award winner for her work to help preserve the fertility of female cancer survivors.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technique to preserve fertility in young women may be unsafe for patients with leukemia

Although the use of ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation has lead to 13 live births in women with lymphoma or solid tumors, this method of fertility preservation may be unsafe for patients with leukemia, according ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 14, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Late-stage ovarian cancer shows promise in two-drug phase I trial

The combination of decitabine and carboplatin appears to improve the outcome of women who have late-stage ovarian cancer. In an upcoming issue of the journal Cancer (online today), Indiana University researchers report four o ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research Team Designing Holographic Imaging System for Ovarian Cancer

Two University of Arizona researchers have formed a research team to design, build and evaluate two versions of an ovarian cancer medical imaging and screening instrument that will use holographic components ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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