Scientists discover new fertility hormone, helps to effective treatment and lower risk

This is the hormone kisspeptin, which can restore reproductive functions in women with low hormone levels, according to a study by experts at Imperial College London, reported that the British chain BBC

or How does it work?

or Kisspeptin has a vital role to stimulate the hormones that control the menstrual cycle, according to the analysis, presented at the Conference of Endocrinology in the town of Harrogate, northern England.


or People and animals do not have the hormone kisspeptin not go through puberty.

or In its investigation, the experts noted the effects of kisspeptin on women who stopped having menstrual periods due to hormonal imbalances.

or Thus, about 10 women who were menstruating were injected with kisspeptin or saline, and then took blood tests to measure levels of two hormones crucial for ovulation and fertility, LH and FSH.

or Kisspeptin helped the growth of these two hormones, according to the research team, headed by Waljit Dhillo.

or Solution to infertility

or "Infertility is a devastating problem that affects millions of couples around the world. This is an exciting result and suggests that treatment with kisspeptin can restore reproductive function in women with low hormone levels," added Dhillo.

or For Professor Richard Anderson, an expert in fertility at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, this research may help women with fertility problems as current treatments to stimulate the ovaries may cause side effects.