Commonly used drug may extend women’s fertility, claim researchers – here’s what you need to know about rapamycin
Hindustan TimesPreston, A growing number of people are waiting longer to have kids. Commonly used drug may extend women’s fertility, claim researchers – here’s what you need to know about rapamycin But the researchers of an ongoing clinical trial claim rapamycin, a drug commonly used to prevent organ transplants from failing, may be able to extend a woman’s fertile years by up to five years. Older female mice who were given a diet containing rapamycin had an increase in their pool of primordial follicles – the ovarian reserve. The researchers claim the initial results were very encouraging – suggesting that the drug might decrease ovarian ageing by 20 per cent in women without any side-effects from the drug. But if the clinical trial shows rapamycin is beneficial, this could help women with low ovarian reserve and those hoping to prolong their fertility.
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