Optimizing germline stem cell-based therapies for fertility preservation and restoration
About usOur mission is to promote advances in human germline stem cell understanding and develop new stem cell-based therapeutic solutions for treating infertility
A collaboration between researchers within the field of reproduction
Laboratory of Reproductive Biology
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fertility Clinic
Odense, Denmark
Department of Reproductive Medicine
Odense, Denmark
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescence Medicine
Hvidovre, Denmark
Department of Paediatric Surgery
Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Clinical Medicine
Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Urology
Herlev, Denmark
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We just published a review on injection techniques
Background: Although the prognosis of childhood cancer survivors has increased dramatically during recent years, chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer and other conditions may lead to permanent infertility in prepubertal boys. Recent developments have shown that spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) transplantation may be a hope for restoring fertility in adult survivors of childhood cancers. For this reason, several centres around the world are collecting and cryopreserving testicular tissue or cells anticipating that, in the near future, some patients will return for SSC transplantation. This review summarizes the current knowledge and utility of SSC transplantation techniques. The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of the currently used experimental injection techniques for SSC transplantation in animal and human testes. This is crucial in understanding and determining the role of the different techniques necessary for successful transplantation.