title: Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue. Potential "reproductive insurance" for women at risk of early ovarian failure.
abstract: Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue is a potential alternative or addition to cryopreservation of embryos or oocytes for sustaining fertility in women at risk of premature ovarian failure. Grafts of cryopreserved ovarian tissue have resulted in live-born mice and sheep. While human applications are in their infancy, frozen human ovarian tissue grafted to the kidney capsules of immunodeficient mice has produced normally developing ovarian follicles.
authors.affiliation: Monash IVF, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Trounson
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary