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Early life > Assisted reproduction
Delaying or eliminating menopause thanks to cryopreservation of ovarian tissue?
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : Early life / Assisted reproduction News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
In the early days of 2024, the prestigious scientific journal American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology published the results of a study to determine the feasibility of cryopreserving ovarian tissue in order to delay menopause. "For the first time in the history of medicine, we have the ability to potentially delay or eliminate menopause", said Dr Kutluk Oktay, author of the study and Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Reproduction and Fertility Preservation at the Yale School of...
A study highlights the link between artificial procreation and risk of placenta accreta
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : Early life / Assisted reproduction News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
Published on 29 March 2024 in the journal Nature, the study examines the risk factors associated with placenta accreta* after vaginal delivery. Until now, this complication of pregnancy has been seen, in the majority of cases, in women who have had another complication of pregnancy, placenta previa. However, the study showed that more than half the cases of placenta accreta occurred in women with no previous history of placenta previa or caesarean section. But these women had had recourse to...
PMA: René Frydman criticises the absolutism of the desire for a child
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : Early life / Assisted reproduction News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
At a time when fertility is controlled, delayed if necessary or brandished as a right when the desire for a child arises, René Frydman's thoughts on the new tyranny of reproduction are relevant, but also questionable. Can we use techniques that make totally artificial procreation possible without falling into the abuses he fears, such as surrogate motherhood, the dream of an artificial womb or womb transplants for transgender men? What's more, while he warns against a diversion of medicine by ...