Ovarian Transplantation

Fresh vs. Thawed: Both Tissue Types Display Angiogenesis in Nude Mice

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 7th, 2000

For some time now, medical researchers have been studying the efficacy of ovarian transplants. These types of transplants could be beneficial to women who suffer from certain types of infertility.

Researchers at the University Catholique Louvain, Belgium, have conducted a study that compares fresh ovarian tissue transplants in nude mice with tissue transplants that have been cryopreserved.

Ovarian tissue biopsies were obtained from women during minor gynecological surgeries. These tissues, which were either cryopreserved and thawed or fresh, were then transplanted either subcutaneously or intraperitoneally into 40 nude mice. Nude mice are used...

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