infertility and delayed childbearing
A number of participating doctors and researchers from the Kingdom and abroad at the first international medical conference presented new research in the field of treating gynecological diseases, infertility and andrology and ways to treat them. Dr. Imad Koshak, Immunology Consultant Professor at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, touched upon the use of immune antibodies in the treatment of repeated failure in operations Assisted fertilization, indicating that studies have shown that patients who suffer from repeated unsuccessful IVF procedures have significantly improved their results and pregnancy occurred in more than 33 per cent of these cases after they were injected with antibodies before and after IVF under joint supervision. Between the Departments of Infertility and Immunology and Allergy.
In his lecture, Professor Moncef Bin Khalifa (France) dealt with the latest techniques used in treating sickle cell anemia using gene separation and genetically examining embryos before replanting them, a technique that has been used successfully for six years and has achieved tangible results so far and has been in Jeddah since the birth of the first two healthy children. For parents who are carriers of thalassemia. Dr. Samir Abbas explained to Okaz that “there is a program for studies of stem cells and storing blood derived from the umbilical cord of some patients to be exploited in the near future, God willing, pointing out that there is a practical research presented and studying modern applications of stem cells in the field of sterility treatment, which is the next revolution. In the field of treating infertility and delayed childbearing ».
Among the scientific topics that were discussed in the conference were about the treatment of fetuses inside the womb, such as the treatment of anemia in the fetus and the use of sound examination waves for early diagnosis of genetic defects such as Down syndrome (Mongolian child), where Dr. Thorsten Fischer (Germany) presented a research about the challenge in diseases of premature and deficient children the growth. For his part, Dr. Muhammad Eid, a consultant of gynecology and infertility at Dr. Samir Abbas centers, reported on the use of some new drugs that inhibit the activity of the spinal gland and its use in polycystic ovarian disease, a research that has been published in international medical journals and also in international conferences such as the European Society for Human Reproduction Conference and the Society Saudi Gynecology.
