Gentler IVF produces its first baby

• Autores: Douglas Heaven
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2922, 2013, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Heath is the first baby in the world to be born using a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique that researchers hope will be safer for would-be mothers. During IVF, a woman's ovaries are stimulated to boost ovulation and harvest eggs. This is usually done by an injection of human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone involved in progesterone secretion. But sometimes this leads to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). OHSS is mild in a third of women having IVF, causing abdominal bloating, but for one woman i 20 it also causes vomiting and diarrhea. In extreme cases it can be fatal. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome--a leading cause of infertility--are at greater risk of OHSS.