A company called Gameto claims to have successfully matured eggs outside of the female body, a development that could revolutionize the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process. "We are thrilled to announce a medical milestone–the world's first live birth using our product, Fertilo, that matures eggs outside the body," the company posted on X last week.
Gameto's process involves extracting immature eggs from a woman's body and then using "engineered, young ovarian support cells to recreate the natural egg maturation process in a laboratory setting." This process "reduces the duration of treatment cycles to just three days" and "replaces 80% of hormone injections required with traditional IVF," the company says.
