How Fertilo Works: The Science of Ex Vivo Egg Maturation

What if the ovary's support system could be recreated in the lab? Fertilo is a medical product designed to mature eggs outside the body, using stem cell technology to rebuild the supportive environment eggs normally rely on inside the ovary. In traditional IVF, eggs are removed before they're fully mature, leaving behind the network of cells and signals that would normally guide their development. Fertilo aims to replace that lost support by introducing ovarian support cells directly into the culture dish. The result is an approach intended to make egg maturation faster and more efficient, moving much of the biological work out of the body and into the lab, and reducing the lengthy stimulation that standard IVF requires. This video walks through how Fertilo works: the induced pluripotent stem cells that are reprogrammed into ovarian support cells, the simple lab procedure designed to fit into existing embryology workflows, and the rigorous release criteria - identity, conformancy, potency, and safety - that every batch must meet. Our mission is to make in vitro maturation a viable, accessible reality for patients around the world. Fertilo is an investigational product not yet approved by the FDA.