1. As a physician and molecular biologist researching gene expression at the National Institutes of Health, he was harvesting immature eggs from Xenopus ovaries. 2. Infertile women now routinely have eggs harvested from their ovaries, fertilized in the laboratory and then implanted into their wombs. 3. Minor surgery is required to harvest eggs from a donor, who also must take medications beforehand. 4. Only their eggs are harvested. 5. The advantage, he said, is that it would be much easier to harvest eggs from the arm for in vitro fertilization. 6. The donor will then take hormones to stimulate her ovaries and her eggs will be harvested via vaginal ultrasound. 7. Van Stone carried the babies, but the eggs were harvested from Romero, a process they started a year before the birth. 8. A computer drives every aspect of the operation, from harvesting fish eggs to packing trucks. 9. Also, better fertility drugs allow doctors to harvest more eggs. 10. As part of the project, women in combat units might also be given the opportunity to have their eggs harvested, Dror said. |