Not exact matches
A chemical pregnancy (or as my doctor nicely termed it, a threatened abortion) basically means although an
egg was fertilised, the clump of
cells did not implant successfully, and the hormones
triggered by implantation did not stop menstruation from happening.
The open structure also allows room for the
egg cells to mature and ovulate, as well as blood vessels to form within the implant enabling the hormones to circulate within the mouse bloodstream and
trigger lactation after giving birth.
The only previous trial using ES
cells to treat Parkinson's began last year in Australia; participants there received stem
cells from parthenogenetic embryos — unfertilized
eggs that are
triggered in the lab to start embryonic development.
Once a woman sails past her mid-thirties, her
eggs increasingly succumb to apoptosis, or internally
triggered cell death.