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Advances in fertility preservation for female cancer survivors

Nature Medicine volume 14, pages 1182–1184 (2008)Cite this article

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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Figure 1: A plausible effective method for fertility preservation in humans on the basis of the methodology put forward by Xu et al.1 and previous observations.

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  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. brannstrom@obgyn.gu.se,

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