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Article: In Vitro Maturation May Cut Need for Fertility Drugs.
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- OB GYN News
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- September 1, 2000
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MONTREAL -- The process of collecting immature eggs from unstimulated ovaries, and then maturing them in the lab before fertilizing them, known as in vitro maturation, may someday completely eliminate the need for fertility drugs during in vitro fertilization.
"That is our next big area of research, but it is still a long way off," Dr. Seang Lin Tan said at an international symposium on reproductive endocrinology and infertility sponsored by McGill University.
While studies have yet to be conducted using in vitro maturation (IVM) among women with normal ovaries, Dr. Tan said that the technique has already been used successfully among women with ...