Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Ovaries replenish eggs, study suggests By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff, 3/11/2004 In a finding that could someday revolutionize fertility treatments, researchers yesterday reported evidence that appears to topple a decades-old tenet of reproductive biology: that girls are born with all the eggs they'll ever have, a pool that dwindles and degenerates with age. Rather, the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers say in the journal Nature, experiments show that -- in mice, at least -- females keep producing eggs through their lives, much as males continue producing sperm. If the findings are confirmed and hold true for humans, they could eventually lead to previously undreamed-of methods to prolong women's fertility and postpone menopause, said Dr. Jonathan L. Tilly, the paper's senior author. Dr. Marian Damewood, president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said in a statement that the discovery is potentially " the most significant advance in reproductive medicine since the advent of in-vitro fertilization more than 25 years ago. " Story continued here: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/03/11/ovaries_replenish_eggs_stu\ dy_suggests?mode=PF Cathy B. Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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