Researchers build 'artificial ovary' to develop oocytes into mature human eggs
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 10:21
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital have invented 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 has already used the lab-grown organ to mature human eggs.