Show 8-- Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March The 30 1986 births two in result healthy Implants Elizabeth Rlcd By - Two BOSTON (UPI) women without ovaries delivered healthy babies from donor embryos for the first time with the help of hormone treatments that offer women like them new hopes for motherhood Israeli doctors reported today “Theoretically with this type of treatment a woman could have a baby" said Dr Daniel Navot who directed a study involving eight sterile couples at Hadassah for said in findings published in the New England Joural of Medicine One of the women age 26 was born with one just ovary which was removed several years ago because of a tumor Navod said The other in her late 30s was born without ovaries Both delivered by Cesarean section last October Navot said the technique offers new hope for motherhood to about 4 percent of the women of childbearing age who have no University Hospital in Jerusalem “These pregnancies are the first ever to be achieved in women who have no ovaries at all” Navot and Dr Neri Lauf-- ovaries Estrogen and progesterone hormones produced naturally in women with functioning ovaries were first given in moderate doses to the sterile women to prepare the lining of e the uterus to accept the embryo natural function of nourishing livered 199 babies to during early pregnancy an egg from a donor fertil- the embryo date ized in a test tube with sperm “The potential use of donated Australian doctors who in Rosenwaks said two patients from the sterile woman's 1984 reported the first suc- at the institute have delivered oocyte is much wider than we husband cessful pregnancy in a woman babies and four are pregnant can anticipate even at this ovaries with donor embryos All have point” said Rosenwaks “It's a Anonymous donors also were with given hormones to stimulate due to premature menopause functioning ovaries and did not very exciting avenue for treattreatof a rnnirfThormone treatment ing infertility" hormone used or similar production multiple eggs oocytes increasing the chances ment to implant a donor of pregnancy embryo and maintain the preThe donors age 23 to 29 gnancy Navot said and The treatment also is being psychological screening and re- used at the Jones Institute of ceived 61500 for participating Reproductive Medicine in in the program Norfolk Virginia — the first in The sterile women each vitro fertilization clinic in the ceived four fertilized ei United States Hormone doses were then “The scope of this procedure creased to sustain the pre- and its utility still remain to be gnancy in the early months determined” said Dr Zev before the placenta was suffi- Rcsenwaks director of the ciently developed to assume its Jones Institute which has de test-tub- — passed medical Infertile women have new options Delthia Ricks UPI science writer By ANGELES (UPI) -Four women the first Americans to have frozen embryos implanted in their wombs are pregnant and doctors say the procedure holds promise for women with reproductive disLOS orders Dr Richard Marrs founder of the In Vitro Fertilization Program at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles predicted Thursday the two pregnancies in his program will be carried to full term Another California woman 23 of Tracy is seven weeks pregnant from an implanted frozen embryo said Dr Glen Zorn director of the in vitro fertilization program at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek The fourth woman in her 30s from Gulf South La is about nine weeks pregnant said Dr Steven Taylor of the Fertility Institute of New Orleans “Less than 10 U T A HS ARE YOU PAYING TAXES ON YOUR INTEREST? TATE UNIVERSITY of Why not lower the amount Sanri and the your checks to Uncle orders and the sex of the fetus Marrs said the test showed no genetic anomalies and that the parents did not want to be told the fetus’s sex The ratio of males to females produced by the in vitro fertilization method is the same as it is in the normal distribution of pregnancies “about 51 percent ma2 and 49 percent female” in TAX EXEMPT state by investing CLASSES Municipal Bonds where you can earn from Hi Yields Tax Free You REGISTER NOW CLASSES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WATER EXERCISE AND SPORTS LEARNING SKILLS TENNIS Insured even choose can Municipal Bonds Call u for more information and prospectus KARATE Thorne & Wilson he explained BALLET Marrs said the freezing procedure holds several implications for the future including the storage of embyos for women with cancer who could become pregnant following HOBBY AND LEISURE EXERCISE AND RECREATION Suite 401 Fint Security Bldg 15 So Main Logan Ut chemotherapy them infertile that might make For moro information tolophono 750-169- 752-923- 3 8 Prices and yields may change with market conditions or Ragistor at Ecdas Conference Center Room 102 The government likes to think of your money as its own This is for people with a different idea babies have been born by this method throughout the world” Marrs said “Depending on how good the procedure becomes will determine how much it will be used in the future” The two Southern California women pregnant via the technique are 34 and 36 and both were unable to become pregnant normally — factors that led to their decision to have their eggs fertilized in a laboratory and preserved by freezing Marrs said “The first lady who became pregnant 29 weeks ago is experiencing a normal pre- he said “The second J nancy” ady is 8 V4 to 9 weeks pregnant and she has had no complica- tions" Marrs said the women have asked that their names not be released “One of the women had ir- reparable tubal damage" Marrs said adding that blocked Fallopian tubes that cannot be repaired by surgery are a major reason why women seek in vitro fertilization By freezing the embryos doctors have a supply from which they can make multiple attempts to induce pregnancy Marrs said “We use Pergonal or other drugs to stimulate ovulation so that the woman produces multiple eggs” he explained The doctor said the eggs are fertilized in a lab then kept in a culture dish at room temperature for approximately two days as the cells begin to divide The embryos are then dehydrated and put in a chemical solution of dimethyl sulfoxide and placed in a computer-controlle- d if any relish the thought of giving their bard earned dollars to Uncle Sam each year In fact uv can't think of a soul who enjoys the annual ritual of paying taxes Few people Fortunately there's a less taxing alternative 16-cel-ls th Frozen embryo transfers have been widely used in cattle ranching over the past several years and “much of what we are doing in human models has been learned in animal experimentation” he said So far only half the frozen embryos survive the thawing process “Only 50 percent are viable after thawing” Marrs said “The question is if the freezing and thawing causes the damage or whether these were just not good embryos from the beginning” he said The first of the two women to become pregnant by way of the technique has already una test dergone amniocentesis that reveals both genetic dis The First Security Tax Saver IRA A Q Yes! 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