Tag Archives: fertility preservation

Elegy for a Significant Speck (frozen eggs and embryos)

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Roger Gosden

Two American fertility clinics reported freezers failing last month, and had thawed to an undisclosed degree. This rare event shocked hundreds of patients who were storing embryos, eggs and ovarian tissue. Maybe it was the equipment that failed or a … Continue reading →

Posted in Assisted reproductive technology, Biomedical, Fertility | Tagged cryopreservation, egg freezing, fertility preservation, International society for fertility preservation, IVF, menopause, ovarian tissue freezing | 1 Comment

Human Egg Farming

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Roger Gosden

We called the ambitious program, ‘Egg Farming,’ over 30 years ago when I worked at Edinburgh University. That goal drew a step closer today as my graduate student from so many years ago published results of growing human eggs in … Continue reading →