May 5th, 2005 
Chris An interesting news story from the BBC shows how the latest research indicates that it may be possible to delay the menopause .
Researchers have been able to develop early stage human eggs for the very first time. They believe that these could help women with menopause or fertility problems.
One interesting fact that is mentioned in the news story is that by the time a woman reaches puberty the number of egg producing follicles in her ovaries has dropped from 2 million down to 400,000. That to me seems bizzare that just at the time you probably need them most they are down to 20% of what you started with !
I won’t go into all the technical details that the BBC mentions, but the story reports that the researchers believe that the onset of natural menopause can be delayed by 10-12 years.
Link to the BBC Menopause news story.
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