Human Ovarian Tissue Vitrification By SHERMAN SILBER Cryopreservation of Mammalian Gametes and Embryos: Methods and Protocols, Ashok Agarwal, Zsolt Peter Nagy and Alex Varghese June 24, 2013 Download PDF version of this chapter Summary Ovarian freezing and transplantation has garnered increasing interest as a potential way of preserving fertility in cancer patients as well as […]
“REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY” THE SCIENTIST; Volume 10, No. 22 November 11, 1996 S.J. Silber, Z.P. Nagy, J. Liu, H. Godoy, R Devroey, A.C. Van Steirteghem, “Conventional in vitro fertilization versus intracytoplasmic sperm injection for patients requiring microsurgical sperm injection,” Human Reproduction, 9:1705-9,1994. (Cited in more than 50 papers as of October 1996) Comments by Sherman J. […]
From U.S. to Russia and Back Again Dr. Sherman Silber and Victor Krylov share microsurgery techniques mixed with friendship For Dr. Victor Krylov and Dr. Sherman Silber, East met West in a magazine article in 1984. Dr. Krylov, chief of microsurgery at the Central Institute for Advanced Medical Studies in Moscow, wrote the first article […]
The Boston Globe, July 1, 1999By Karen Hsu, Globe Correspondent Troy and Brandy Ciccarelli’s story of how they managed to have a baby is becoming commonplace as the medical community makes strides in treating infertility. After Troy, 34, was told by doctors that he had a low sperm count, the couple consented to an increasingly […]
“Infertility programs help women ‘beat the clock” St. Louis Business Journal, February 27 – March 4, 2004 by Susan Kerth At the Infertility Center of St. Louis at St. Luke’s Hospital, Dr. Sherman Silber and his partners are developing procedures that might have been considered science fiction only a few years ago. “St. Louis may […]
St. Louis Commerce Magazine, November 2004by Sue Britt Download this article as a PDF. Heidi and Randy Smith, of Chesterfield, had tried to get pregnant since they were first married, when Heidi was 26. After a year of trying unsuccessfully on their own, they sought medical advice. They were sent to an infertility doctor, and […]
by Rick DeslogeFebruary 10, 2006 Dr. Sherman Silber’s medical practice, the Infertility Center of St. Louis, has attracted patients from around the world since he started it 25 years ago in conjunction with St. Luke’s Hospital. When he’s here, Silber, 64, puts in 80-hour weeks performing in vitro fertilizations, reversing vasectomies and doing other procedures […]
THE NEW YORK TIMES May 5, 2008 by Laurie Tarkan But for a semen specimen, most men are practically ignored when couples go to fertility centers. And depending on the infertility specialist offering treatment, that is either a good thing or a bad thing. Some urologists say they can treat a man with low sperm […]
A Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants By Tiffany Sharples, Time.com For Stephanie Yarber, who received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure at age 14, conceiving children the old-fashioned way was a life’s wish. In 2003, after several unsuccessful — and costly — courses of in vitro fertilization (IVF) using her identical-twin sister’s donated eggs, […]
Doctors Say More Ovary Transplants Possible New techniques make more ovary transplants possible, may help women fight biological clock By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer,LONDON June 29, 2009 (AP) A new technique to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors […]
by COURTNEY HUTCHISON ABC News Medical Unit ABC News, January 19, 2010 After more than 20 years and nearly $200,000 worth of failed infertility treatments, Monique and Neil Ward of Stafford, England, have finally became the proud parents of twin boys, Britain’s Press Association reports. The Wards’ case is certainly the extreme, but it can […]
by Michelle Rizzo Reuters Health, March 8, 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian transplantation, first done successfully in 2005, is now a “robust procedure,” even after cryopreservation, researchers say. They found good long-term function of fresh and frozen ovarian grafts in women followed for up to 5 years. “This is the largest series of […]
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