Gene Therapy for Female Infertility: A Farfetched Dream or Reality?

Overview

Journal Cell Rep Med

Publisher Cell Press

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2022 May 18

PMID 35584635

Authors

Subhajit Pathak

Pratiksha Sarangi

Giridhara R Jayandharan

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Abstract

A major cause of infertility in women is impaired ovulation or oogenesis. In this issue of Cell Reports Medicine, Kanatsu-Shinohara et al. demonstrate the potential of gene delivery with adeno-associated virus that can cross the blood-follicle barrier and restore oogenesis in congenitally infertile mice.

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