Kisspeptin hormone used successfully with IVF

A dozen babies have been born using a naturally occurring hormone, kisspeptin, which stimulates women’s ovaries to produce eggs. The births, reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, show the hormone can be used successfully. Fertility researchers hope kisspeptin will prevent ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), but larger trials are needed to fully assess safety.A hormone, hCG, is normally used to produce a few eggs for IVF. But in around 10% of patients, the ovaries go into overdrive and produce too many. The condition can lead to kidney failure and potentially death.In 2003, UK researchers discovered kisspeptin. It is heavily involved in the