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Perspective in infertility: the ovarian stem cells

Authors: Erica Silvestris, Stella D’Oronzo, Paola Cafforio, Giuseppe D’Amato, Giuseppe Loverro

Published in: Journal of Ovarian Research | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Infertility is a medical and social condition that affects millions of women worldwide and is today considered so far as a new disease. A considerable progress has been recently pursued in the field of the reproductive medicine and the infertility treatment may account for novel and modern procedures such as in vitro oocyte fertilization, egg donation, pregnancy surrogacy and preimplantation diagnosis. However, great interest has lately been reserved to the ovarian stem cells (OSCs) whose existence in woman ovaries has been proven. OSCs are thus suitable for developmental studies in infertility and in other clinical applications as endocrine derangements due to premature ovarian failure, or for infertility treatment after cancer chemotherapies, as well as in restoring the hormonal balance in postmenopausal age.

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Title: Perspective in infertility: the ovarian stem cells
Authors: Erica Silvestris
Stella D’Oronzo
Paola Cafforio
Giuseppe D’Amato
Giuseppe Loverro
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Ovarian Research / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1757-2215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13048-015-0184-9

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