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A new procedure may preserve fertility in kids with cancer after chemo or radiation

  • Written by Kyle Orwig, Professor of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
A new procedure may preserve fertility in kids with cancer after chemo or radiationA 12-week-old baby female macaque, named Grady, was born from frozen testicular tissue. Oregon Health and Science University, CC BY-SA

Cancer in children was often a death sentence in decades past, but new therapies are saving lives. Many of these treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, however, make children infertile. Now, new research is...

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