Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 6 , Pages 1714-1715, December 2004

Whole sheep ovary cryopreservation and transplantation

Recipient of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine SRS prize (Oct. 2001) and a prize from the Israeli Fertility Society (April 2002).

  • Ariel Revel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
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  • Amir Elami, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
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  • Amir Bor, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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  • Saar Yavin, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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  • Yehudit Natan, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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  • Amir Arav, D.V.M., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Amir Arav, D.V.M., Ph.D., Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (FAX: 972-8-9475075

Received 12 August 2002; received in revised form 29 June 2004; accepted 29 June 2004.

This is the first report of successful cryopreservation and transplantation of an intact ovary in a large animal (sheep). Three of eight transplanted sheep had resumed hormonal cyclicity.

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 Supported by a grant from the Israeli Academy of Sciences and a grant from IMT Ltd.

PII: S0015-0282(04)02434-3

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.06.046

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 6 , Pages 1714-1715, December 2004

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