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Research that’s still in preliminary stages may find a way to make ovaries produce eggs in women who are in premature ovarian failure (POF), a condition where menopause that occurs early (before age 40) results in a shutdown of egg production.

Researchers have removed the ovaries in women experiencing POF, cut the ovary into sections, and then treated them with drugs to block a protein that prevents egg follicles from growing normally. The ovary fragments are transplanted back near their original site, where the egg follicles then begin to grow. This technique could eventually help women whose reproductive days are cut abnormally short.