“because they realize it’s not right to not solution and different forms of IVF need to cover it. Building a family is not elective. be considered. It’s essential for most of us. It’s a very “But it still gives us an alternative for important part of life. a lot of folks that could otherwise not be “And with Invocell, the hope is that we able to afford it or just want a more natural can minimize some of that extra work, so way to let the process unfold,” Foulk said. that it becomes cheaper—it becomes more “It’s very good for a group of people—and cost effective for the patient,” he said. it’s usually the younger folks that tend to Foulk said he’s been using Invocell in be struggling more financially. They’re his Salt Lake City and Las Vegas practices not as set in there jobs and such, and those for almost nine months now and has been are the ones it helps most. So it’s directed pleased with several resulting pregnantoward those that need it the cies. It’s a great, and possibly most.” cheaper, option, he said—for the In his centers where “It right type of patient, which Invocell has been still gives us an isn’t everyone. deployed, Foulk alternative for a lot of said the resulting embryos—and pregfolks that could otherwise Facts oF liFe nancies—have been not be able to afford it or “The most ideal candiencouraging. dates, I’ve learned, are just want a more natural way “What’s remarkyoung women—young able is that the embryo to let the process unfold.” meaning women that quality you see from have a good ovary reserve, Dr. Russell Foulk the Invocell often is and that’s just a measure Nevada Center for better than what you’d of how many eggs they have Reproductive Medicine see if it was grown in vitro, left—who have tubal issues,” in artificial conditions— Foulk said. “Their Fallopian tubes which kind of makes sense, right? don’t work well. What IVF is for, essenWe’re never going to be as good as tially, is to bypass what normally happens in mother nature.” Ω the Fallopian tube. And normally fertilization happens in the distal Fallopian tube.” In cases where a couples’ problems are different—say if sperm are unable to fertilize Learn more about the Nevada Center for reproductive Medicine at nevadafertility.com. eggs on their own—Invocell is not a viable
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Classes resumed for the fall semester at the University of Nevada, Reno on Monday, Aug. 26. As part of the school’s Welcome Week events schedule, the Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) gathered several local food trucks, vendors and campus and community groups for the Taste of Reno & Service Palooza on the lawn of the Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center. The event was meant to both feed students and inspire them to become civically engaged during their college careers. Photo/Matt Bieker
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