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Nature Medicine 14, 1182 - 1184 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm1108-1182

Advances in fertility preservation for female cancer survivors

Mats Brännström1 & Milan Milenkovic1

  1. Mats Brännström and Milan Milenkovic are in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Blå Stråket 6 S-41345 Göteborg, Sweden.
    e-mail: brannstrom@obgyn.gu.se


A method using tissue engineering principles for the culture of immature ovarian follicles followed by fertilization of oocytes in vitro has been presented by Xu et al.1. This methodology is a great step forward toward new technology for fertility preservation in female cancer patients.

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