How medicine has evolved in recent years

In last year, there were several advances in medicine in conjunction with the technology and sophisticated tools that are needed to complete complicated procedures.

Sometimes it can be frightening to think how far we can go with the excuse of discovering, of knowing more and more, but at the same time, we have come to do incredible things and many others to study, in particular, those that afflict women.

From people who walk again thanks to implants in the spinal cord, through the CancerSeek test, the treatment for Perkins cancer.

The genetic modification of a baby was made by Chinese scientists. Advance in immunology for the fight against cancer from our own cells. The discovery of the molecular mechanisms that control our biological clock; in other words, our cardiac rhythm.

Let's see other relevant advances.

Laboratory Human Ovules

This advanced procedure would not be possible without the rigorous and robust controls that are applied to laboratories. From proteins, oxygen levels and hormones that stimulate the growth of the ovules, as well as the appropriate means for their development.

Much has been expected and countless tests have been carried out to arrive at this starting point since many questions that science has not yet been able to answer. Thanks to the work and dedication of scientists from the University of Edinburgh, human eggs are now being developed in laboratories.

One of the main benefits of this new technique will be to preserve fertility in girls and women who are super-qualified to cancer treatments.

Since the woman is born with immature ovules that after puberty are fully developed, now you can "breed" those ovules, outside the uterus and to maturity.

Although there is still a long way to go before correcting and going through the process, it marks a milestone in understanding the behavior of human ovules and their development.

To See Again

Macular degeneration, also called maculopathy, is the leading cause of blindness in the world, especially in people aged 60 and older. Blurred vision is the main symptom of this ocular disorder that slowly ruins acute and central vision.

We say macula to the part of the eye by which we see what we have in front; watch TV, read a book or identify faces. Its component in the form of canes and cones perceive light. In the back, it contains a cover of nutritive cells. Blindness and macular degeneration occur when this layer is spoiled.

In order to avoid this degeneration, the scientists discovered how to implant above the injured layer, another layer of support cells. The results were optimal and another step was taken in new practices that will help us to continue on this path.

The first baby is born from a Transplanted Uterus

This procedure may not be new at this point since previously there were 11 births of uterine transplants donated by living women.

This time, the difference consists of producing the first birth of a baby from a transplanted uterus of a dead woman. Without a doubt, an important precedent in science and health. Only in 10 previous occasions was it attempted to carry out this type of practices that in the end, were not achieved or ended in miscarriages.

The mother of the girl born from this condition is 33 years old and was born without a matrix. She received the uterus of a 40-year-old woman who had three children; a stroke was the cause of her death.

The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome affects around 5000 women worldwide, preventing that neither the womb nor the uterus nor the vagina develops normally.

In this case, the ovaries were kept in perfect condition, so doctors could extract the ovules to later fertilize and freeze them. This is a triple win or like they say in horse racing, a perfect trifecta!

In spite of the treatments that the future mother had to undergo, 6 months after the transplant she began to menstruate. Soon after, doctors inserted the fertilized ovules and managed to get pregnant. After 9 months, and a cesarean, a girl of 55 pounds was born.