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Fernström award to HPA affiliated researcher

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Dr. Cecilia Lindskog, a research group leader at Uppsala University and director of the Uppsala site of the HPA project, has been awarded the 2024 Erik K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young, particularly promising researchers...Read more


Interfollicular heterogeneity in ovarian cortical follicles from children and adults

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Female fertility relies on the ovarian follicles that form during fetal development. Some medical treatments, such as chemo- or radiotherapy, are toxic to follicles and therefore ovarian tissue cryopreservation is used as a standard method for fertility preservation. This method is used for both adults and prepubertal individuals, even if its efficiency for tissue collected before puberty is not well documented...Read more