Chinese doctors have announced that they have successfully transplanted a whole ovary, the first time that such a procedure has been attempted in humans. The recipient of the ovary was Tang Fangfang, a 34-year old woman who had had her own ovaries removed because of cancer. Her younger sister...
Doctors in Saudi Arabia reported last week that they had performed the world's first human uterus transplant, raising hopes for childless couples whose only chance of a baby might be to use a surrogate. The operation was regarded by the doctors as successful and 'encouraging', despite the fact that complications...
Professor Roger Gosden, the scientist seeking to find methods for restoring female fertility in cancer survivors, must be getting very used to allegations that he is out to change the face of human reproduction. His work in ovarian tissue transplants has been in and out of the media over the...
North American scientists have, for the first time, successfully frozen, thawed and transplanted whole rat ovaries. The success, reported in a letter to Nature, could mean that women undergoing chemotherapy treatment, which usually renders them sterile, can have their fertility restored after treatment. The team, based at two hospitals in...
The parents of three children who are the remaining survivors of a set of quadruplets are expected to receive more than £1 million in damages from Bromley Health Authority after claiming that the children were 'wrongfully conceived'. Lawyers for the couple argued that Clive and Vivien Heath were not given...
A team of scientists from Leeds and Manchester have shown that ovarian transplants may be successful in preserving the fertility of women who have recovered from cancer. Previously, these women faced becoming infertile because cancer treatments using drugs or radiation could damage their ovaries. The team, led by Dr Samuel...
The first do-it-yourself fertility test kits are being sold on the internet. Med-Direct, a Scotland-based company have devised two kits - a 'his and hers' kit retailing at £31.99, and a 'men-only' kit for £19.99. The researchers also hope to market a chlamydia testing kit in the near future - the kit...
Doctors and scientists from the University of Birmingham and Genosis, a medical devices company in the UK, have developed a 'fertility test kit' that can be used - both by men and women - at home. The kit is called 'Fertell' and is designed to measure fertility levels in couples trying to...
Canadian researchers have discovered that women who have a high probability of developing ovarian cancer might be able to reduce the risk by having their Fallopian tubes tied. They have shown that tubal ligation surgery is an alternative to the removal of ovaries in young women with mutations in the...
A breakthrough has been made by scientists seeking ways to enable women treated for cancer to have children. Sections of ovarian tissue that had been frozen before a patient's chemotherapy treatment have been successfully implanted back into a 36-year old woman by a team of scientists in the UK...
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