Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter believes he has come up with a way to help the Pentagon retain troops: freezing sperm and eggs. As part of an initiative to make military service more appealing and family friendly, Mr. Carter has created a pilot program that will pay for troops to have their reproductive cells preserved.
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Gene Causes Rare Form of Infertility in Women
Chinese researchers have identified genetic mutations that cause infertility in a small number of women. Mutations in the TUBB8 gene appear to cause defects that prevent the women’s eggs from maturing properly. Scientists are not certain how many women are affected by infertility caused by persistent immature eggs, but it is thought to be rare – it has been reported to be as low as 0.1 percent of women who seek fertility treatment in China.
What Cancer & Infertility Have Taught Me About Womanhood
At 21, I was now faced with the fact that I would probably never experience a pregnancy. One week prior to this, I had been a busy, working, young college graduate. Today, I was a woman whose dreams were getting further out of reach by the minute. My oncologist had sent me to a fertility doctor to see if we could freeze my eggs for future use. The doctor completed an unpleasant vaginal ultrasound, determined that my eggs were safe to harvest, and told me I had to decide what I was going to do with my eggs within the few days that remained before I started chemo.
City Hospital Helps Anhui Woman set New Age Record for IVF Twins
A 49-year-old Chinese woman last year became the world’s oldest person to give birth to twins following in vitro fertilization (IVF) using her own eggs, a local hospital said yesterday.
That Time I Took A “Baby Deadline” Test
It’s less certain what an anti-Müllerian hormone test might offer a woman who’s never tried to get pregnant. Anti-Müllerian hormone levels are a direct measure of the number of eggs a woman has, which is an important part of her fertility. But scientists are just beginning to take a deeper look at whether the results of their anti-Müllerian hormone tests correlate with trouble getting pregnant. Beyond that, doctors must jump through several logical hoops to turn an anti-Müllerian hormone test result into advice for aspiring moms-to-be.
How It Feels: My Kids Don’t Have my DNA
My twin sons were conceived with the use of an anonymous egg donor because I was diagnosed as infertile. Meaning, my husband and I chose a woman who sorta looks like me, her eggs were retrieved and combined with my husband’s sperm, and the matured embryos were transferred into my uterus.
Eggs Unlimited
OvaScience is preoccupied by an enduring mystery in human biology—why eggs fail—and the palpable hope that we can do something about it. On the company’s homepage, a beautiful, smiling woman with red hair tumbling down her shoulders gazes at something off-screen. “A woman’s biology is extraordinary,” the tagline reads. Venture capitalists fueled OvaScience with $40 million soon after it launched in 2011, and it raised more than $200 million after going public a year later.
Good Results from IVF Egg Donors Over age 35
Results of in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles using eggs from older donors are as good as those using eggs from younger women, a new study finds.
Egg Donors Challenge Pay Rates, Saying They Shortchange Women
In a federal lawsuit, a group of women are challenging industry guidelines that say it is “inappropriate” to pay a woman more than $10,000 for her eggs.
Women Find A Fertility Test Isn’t As Reliable As They’d Like
Women concerned about their fertility can use a test to help decide whether they should freeze their eggs now or whether they still have time to have a baby.