OHSU advancing first-of-its-kind strategy to overcome infertility

Grant award from Open Philanthropy advances proof of concept in mouse study

By Erik Robinson August 05, 2022 Portland, Oregon

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Paula Amato, M.D., and Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D.

Paula Amato, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the OHSU School of Medicine, and Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy inside his lab at OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres HIcks)

Paula Amato, M.D. (OHSU)

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Crystal Van Dyken conducts work inside the lab of Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy, at OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres HIcks)

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OHSU researchers will receive a grant to help advance a first-of-its-kind method to turn an individual’s skin cell into an egg, with the potential to produce viable embryos. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Rebecca Tippner-Hedges works inside the lab of Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., at the OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Daniel Frana, right, and Ying Li conduct lab work inside the lab of Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., which is in the OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Daniel Frana works inside the Mitalipov lab inside the OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Nuria Marti-Gutierrez, Ph.D, works with cell cultures while Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy, looks on inside the Mitalipov lab at OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)