Preserving fertility in female cancer patients and ageing populations
A Monash University study has uncovered the role DNA repair plays in preserving egg quality,…
Browsing: preserving fertility
A step towards recovering reproduction in girls who survive childhood cancer
Leukaemia treatments often leave girls infertile, but a procedure developed by researchers at the University…
Female cancer survivors are one-third less likely to achieve pregnancy than women in general population
For the first time, a large population study has quantified the chance of pregnancy after…
Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients
Adult men can have their sperm frozen before undergoing radiation or chemotherapy, both of which…
AACR 2017: Many childhood cancer survivors carry mutations in cancer risk genes, raising chance of later disease
Whole-genome sequencing conducted on a large cohort of childhood cancer survivors indicated that many survivors…
Everolimus may protect ovaries and fertility from damage by chemotherapies
A drug already used to slow tumour growth may also prevent infertility caused by standard…
Sperm changes documented years after chemotherapy
A Washington State University researcher has documented epigenetic changes in the sperm of men who…
Hormone may offer new contraceptive that protects ovaries from chemotherapy
A naturally occurring hormone that plays an important role in foetal development may be the…
Young people with cancer should have affordable options to preserve their fertility
Antoinette Anazodo, UNSW Australia and Brigitte Gerstl, UNSW Australia Due to significant advances in diagnosis…