by Michele Munz St. Louis Post-DispatchJanuary 26, 2012 Under names such as low-intensity IVF or even patient-friendly IVF — a technique of in vitro fertilization is increasing in use with promises to be safer, cheaper and easier on patients trying to have a baby. The technique involves mildly stimulating a woman’s ovaries with less drugs […]
by Kimberly Goad Women’s Health, June 2010 Side effects of cancer treatments can include early menopause, but there are new medical advances to help female cancer patients preserve their ability to have a baby. Why aren’t doctors talking about this with their patients before treating them? For starters, we’re born with all the eggs we’ll […]
by Michele Munz St. Louis Post-DispatchNovember 12, 2012 The young woman from London wanted a risky stem cell transplant to treat her multiple sclerosis. She knew the chemotherapy involved with the transplant probably would leave her infertile. So before traveling to Chicago almost two years ago for the treatment being studied by researchers at Northwestern […]
Successful human ovarian transplantation was first reported with the use of a cortical-tissue grafting technique in monozygotic twins who were discordant for premature ovarian failure.1 Subsequently, six additional cases have been reported, which have resulted in a return of ovulation in all patients, with spontaneous conception and delivery of six healthy infants, with one from […]
Ovary Transplant in China Dr. Silber was invited by Chinese medical experts to export his technology for ovary freezing and transplantation, and preservation of fertility for cancer patients to China, as well as to preserve the biological clock to protect women from becoming infertile just by aging. These are photographs from his historical mission to […]
(Listen to Dr. Silber’s chat that aired on MSNBC) “The future of babymaking” By Jacqueline Stenson, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR Scientists explore new techniques for tackling infertility problems July 22 — Just a few decades ago, it seemed pretty far-fetched to think that postmenopausal women could ever bear children or that sterile men might fertilize eggs with […]
Serono Symposia, USA; Spring 1997Dr. Sherman J. Silber There are many varieties of male factor infertility, but in the modern era they all appear to be treatable with one, single approach, i.e., intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This is disturbing to many people, i.e., that a non-specific treatment, directed mostly at the female, should be the […]
David Miller, Ph.D.a Jonathan Summers, Ph.D.b and Sherman Silberc a Reproduction and Early Development Group, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds, b School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds and c Infertility Center of St. Louis, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri Fertility and Sterility, April 1, 2004 Download PDF Abstract This […]
By S.J. Silbera,b, N. Barbeya aInfertility Center of St. Louis, St. Luke’s Hospital, 224 South Woods Mill Road, St. Louis, MO 63017, USA, bCenter for Reproductive Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Biochimica et Biophysica Acta,, October 6, 2012 Download PDF version of this article Abstract Purpose. […]
A series of monozygotic twins discordant for ovarian failure: ovary transplantation (cortical versus microvascular) and cryopreservation S.J. Silber1,4, M. DeRosa1, J. Pineda1, K. Lenahan1, D. Grenia1, K. Gorman2 and R.G. Gosden3 1Infertility Center of St. Louis, 224 South Woods Mill Road St. Louis, 63017 MO, USA; 2Paternity Testing Corporation, 300 Portland Street Columbia, 65201 MO, […]
The Surrogacy Surge by Sarah Wilson Mid-Rivers News Magazine from St. Louis, MissouriOctober 26, 2011 When a couple is ready to bring a new life into the world, conceiving the natural way can be as laborious as childbirth itself. As a result, many couples are turning to surrogacy. Jeremy Gruber, president of the Massachusetts-based Council […]
Follow-up: Ovarian Transplantation between Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Premature Ovarian Failure The New England Journal of Medicine, March 29, 2007 Correspondence Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. To the Editor: We previously reported in the Journal a case of a successful ovarian transplantation between 25-year-old monozygotic twins. One had undergone menopause at the age of […]