First artificial human ovary created.

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Posted: Wed Sep 15 2010, 15:06 hrs Updated: 

Thu Sep 16 2010, 11:40 hrs 

First artificial human ovary created

Washington:   Scientists have created the first artificial human ovary, an advance that provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility research and could also yield infertility treatments for cancer patients. The team of researchers at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital has already used the lab-grown organ to mature human eggs.



“An ovary is composed of three main cell types, and this is the first time that anyone has created a 3-D tissue structure with triple cell line,” said Sandra Carson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Women & Infants Hospital.



Carson said that the ovary not only provides a living laboratory for investigating fundamental questions about how healthy ovaries work, but also can act as a testbed for seeing how problems, such as exposure to toxins or other chemicals, can disrupt egg maturation and health. 


(indian express.com)