Fertility improved, infertility 'reversed' in mice: promising new research

By Kim Arlington
Updated May 2 2016 - 9:13am, first published 8:45am
In "promising" findings, new research has improved fertility in ageing mice. Photo: Adrian Giordani
In "promising" findings, new research has improved fertility in ageing mice. Photo: Adrian Giordani
A slide showing the improvement in egg cell quality in mice, after an extra copy of a sirtuin gene was added.  Photo: UNSW
A slide showing the improvement in egg cell quality in mice, after an extra copy of a sirtuin gene was added. Photo: UNSW

The reproductive lives of mice have been extended by scientists in research that boosts the possibilities of older women, or those who have undergone chemotherapy, to conceive.

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