Egg Freezing Can Help Address the Conflict Between the Biochemical Clock and Career Time Line

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The new options also mean women who face medical treatment that may threaten fertility can freeze their eggs for later use. Experts say freezing eggs can help address the conflict between the biological clock and career time line. The whole i b f process really hinges on this idea that the ovary has a fin number of disappearing eggs. They are the limiting factor. So for b f, you basically want to force the ovaries to produce as many eggs as possible out of their limited number.

There's an old story scientists tell about human ovaries: that they are ticking clocks that only lose eggs, never gain them. Now that story might be changing, opening the door to new treatments for infertility and menopause.

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