Ability to 'potentially delay or eliminate' menopause possible: Yale scientist

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Delaying menopause indefinitely might be possible through a procedure used to treat infertility in cancer patients, a new study suggested.

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By implanting a woman’s previously harvested ovarian tissue, mathematicians found that they could rebuild the follicles required to restore their fertility, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported, citing a study led by a fertility specialist and ovarian biologist who serves as director of the Laboratory of Molecular Reproduction and Fertility Preservation at the Yale School of Medicine.

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The procedure hasn’t been studied in humans, but should a breakthrough be successful it could mean women are fertile into their 70s and beyond.

“For the first time in medical history, we have the ability to potentially delay or eliminate menopause,” said Kutluk Oktay, an adjunct professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale who led the study. He is also the medical director and founder of the Innovation Institute for Fertility Preservation in New York and Connecticut.

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