Sentences with phrase «egg implants outside»

Pregnancies are ectopic when the fertilized egg implants outside the lining of the womb, usually in the fallopian tube.

During an ectopic pregnancy (sometimes called a tubal pregnancy) a fertilized egg implants itself outside the womb in contrast to a normal pregnancy where the egg implants within the uterus.

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Philippa Taylor explained why she thought it was an encouraging discovery: «There could be real benefits for some people, particularly young girls or people who are going through cancer treatment or chemotherapy and that destroys any chance of having their own eggs and growing eggs cells so if you can remove ovarian tissue, grow some egg cells outside the womb and implant them after the treatment then that could be very positive.»

IVF is a process whereby eggs are fertilised with sperm outside the body (in a «test tube», as it's more commonly known), after which the resulting embryos are implanted into a female to gestate.