“Gameto, a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing treatment option in women’s health, announced today the world’s first live human birth using Fertilo, an ovarian support cell (OSC) technology that matures eggs outside the body. The delivery was conducted at Santa Isabel Clinic, in Lima, Peru,” reports Business Wire:
With nearly half of the women in the US never reaching their maternity goals, there is an urgent need for innovation. Unlike traditional methods, which rely on 10-14 days of high-dose hormonal stimulation to mature eggs, Fertilo uses engineered, young ovarian support cells to recreate the natural egg maturation process in a laboratory setting. This process replaces 80% of hormone injections required with traditional IVF, and reduces the duration of treatment cycles to just three days, offering patients a more comfortable and less invasive experience….“By overcoming the major challenges of conventional IVF, such as long treatment cycles, significant side effects, and the emotional and physical strain, Fertilo provides a potentially faster, safer, and more accessible solution for families.”
In other news, scientists are developing a micro-robot than will ” travel into women’s fallopian tubes and drill out obstructions, allowing them to conceive, is being developed by scientists,” reports The Telegraph.
Doctors are also beginning to do womb transplants. Last year, a woman who was previously unable to have children received her sister’s womb in the first womb transplant in the United Kingdom.
Nature reported last year that human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. The purpose is to provide a womb-like environment for babies born prematurely, to enable them to survive and avoid lifelong problems like brain damage or asthma. Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia “are seeking approval for the first human clinical trials” of the artificial womb “they’ve been testing.”
Scientists have developed tiny robots made of human cells to repair damaged cells. And “in a major advancement in nanomedicine, Arizona State University scientists…have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumors by cutting off their blood supply.”
