New Scientific Advances Coming Soon For IVF Patients In vitro fertilization (IVF) has risen to become the popular choice among women who are having trouble with fertility. While this method proves to be successful nearly half the time, obstacles occur once females pass the age of 35, where their success rates drop due to the quality of eggs. In effort to enhance the current state of in vitro fertilization methods and increase the relevance of reproducing with help, the privately-held fertility company Ova-Science has explored the potential of egg precursor cell utilization. Therefore, speculating the possibility of extracting fresh mitochondria from a woman’s egg precursor or oogonial stem cells (OSCs) to reconstruct a mature egg for the process of IVF and therefore heighten the likelihood for pregnancy. Amazing! “This study demonstrates that purified mouse egg precursor cells can mature into fully functional eggs that can then be successfully fertilized to produce healthy blastocyst-stage embryos,” said reproductive and developmental biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Jonathan Tilly. “We also demonstrated that human egg precursor cells not only exist in ovaries of reproductive-age women, but that these newly discovered cells possess the same features that permit maturation into eggs that are held by their mouse counterparts. The results presented in this new study confirm and extend our previous work on egg precursor cells in adult ovaries, opening the prospect that human assisted reproduction may be provided with new tools to combat infertility caused by aging or insults.” Scientists turned to employing techniques which involved the mitochondria because is is known for providing the cells with their majority of energy supply via adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This power organelle threatens to challenge the notion that a women can’t get pregnant with their own eggs after a certain age. Although both women and mice develop all of their eggs while still a fetus, stem cells in ovaries refresh egg supplies throughout her life. A staggering 60,000 or 15% of couples troubled with fertility issues DON’T undergo IVF not necessarily due to financial factors but usually because they are simply not candidates. With the introduction of this newfound knowledge on egg precursor cells, these couples become more amenable to the realm of gestational success by ‘rejuvenating’ eggs through the process of transferring the cytoplasm of a younger woman’s eggs to those of an older woman. This experiment yielded overwhelmingly positive results, therefore leaving the question, “Can adult women make new oocytes?” As time progresses, the ability to reverse the previously held ‘fact’ about women’s eggs seems rather probable. Call Today For An Appointment: (561) 459-0528 For more reading on this subject: http://www.ovascience.com/publications/article.aspx?id=17 http://www.doublexscience.org/old-ovaries-new-eggs-hatching-a-debate/