Menopause Breakthrough Treatnent


This article should be of great interest to anyone who has these symptoms.

Breakthrough stem cell treatment that reverses symptoms of early menopause raises hopes that women affected could still have children naturally

• Stem cells from bone marrow were injected into the ovaries of 33 women
• These women were suffering premature ovarian failure due to early menopause
• Six months after starting the treatment they began to have periods again 

By Colin Fernandez Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail

Published: 01:49, 3 March 2018 | Updated: 15:11, 3 March 2018

Pioneering treatment that reverses the symptoms of early menopause has raised hopes that women affected could go on to have children naturally.

Stem cells from bone marrow were injected into the ovaries of 33 women suffering premature ovarian failure (POF) who began to have periods again after six months.

As well as treating early menopause, which can lead to women becoming infertile in their forties or earlier, it could also offer an alternative to hormone replacement therapy.

The US researchers who conducted the study said their aim was to ‘support improvement in quality of life and reverse infertility’. Professor Prosper Igboeli, of the University of Augusta in Georgia, said: ‘POF is a challenging condition due to loss of ovarian function in women younger than 40 years.

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Pioneering treatment that reverses the symptoms of early menopause has raised hopes that women affected could go on to have children naturally.

‘It is particularly traumatic when the diagnosis is made in early reproductive life, leaving them with post-menopausal symptoms and infertility.