The injections of the husband's white blood cells possibly immunize the woman, enabling her to produce antibodies to protect the placenta. More importantly, there are couples placing a lot of hope in this. The stakes for a study like this are high, and because of that, it will be criticized, especially if the results prove immunotherapy doesn't work. But playing with high stakes is what treating couples who want children is all about. Desperate, yes, but more hopeful than ever.
Couples now have access to technological advances that have increased the odds of pregnancy.
Schreiber said this treatment is more effective than ever. And for the first time, there is hope for men with low sperm counts. In a therapy called intracytoplasmic sperm injection, one sperm is micro-injected into an egg. Before these revolutionary therapies, there was little a physician could do to treat infertile couples. As a researcher, Schreiber is fascinated by the monumental advances in reproductive endocrinology he's witnessed during his career.