| The birth of the first baby born due to a new | | | | fertility treatment could also help women who simply |
| fertility treatment was announced Tuesday, at | | | | want to reduce the amount of time it takes to |
| Saint-Vincent de Paul Reproductive Centre in Paris, | | | | conceive. Most notably, many birth control methods |
| France, signaling the possibility that thousands of | | | | can affect the return of fertility for long periods of |
| women unable to undergo conventional fertility | | | | time. Pfizer, the manufacturers of Depo Provera, |
| treatment due to medical reasons may similarly give | | | | admit that it can take up to 18 months for |
| birth. | | | | menstruation to return after you stop receiving |
| The woman's fertility was a result of ovary | | | | injections. And Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories’ |
| irregularities that characterizes Polycystic Ovary | | | | Norplant can similarly cause women to experience |
| Syndrome (PCOS), a condition which affects the | | | | problems conceiving after discontinued use. |
| fertility of thousands of women worldwide. Women | | | | Genetic screening can also reduce fertility in older |
| with PCOS are unable to undergo many fertility | | | | women. Pregnancy and birth rates have been found |
| treatments because of the high doses of hormones | | | | to be siginficantly lower among women over the age |
| required in order to simulate the eggs can be | | | | of 35 who have undergone embryo screening |
| life-threatening. | | | | compared to those who have not undergone this |
| The new treatment, FertiBella, introduced by | | | | type of fertility testing, according to a study |
| LeRoche Benicoeur plc, has demonstrated remarkable | | | | presented recently at the Lyon meeting of the |
| success in supporting a recently discovered genetic | | | | European Society of Human Reproduction and |
| marker called Human Leukocyte Antigen-G. Identified | | | | Embryology. |
| by scientists for the multinational pharmaceutical | | | | Genetic screening involves the extraction of a single |
| company headquartered in Marseille, France, the | | | | cell from a developing embryo in order to evaluate |
| embryonic marker has shown to be a predictor for | | | | for the presence of chromosomal defects that can |
| pregnancy success rates. FertiBella raises threshold | | | | lead to such conditions as Down's syndrome. It was |
| levels in embryos, associated with a pregnancy rate | | | | generally thought that genetic screening improves a |
| of 70% in previously infertile women. | | | | woman's chances of getting pregnant after the age |
| In addition to helping women with PCOS, this new | | | | of 35. |