In the future, this may allow these girls a better chance at having children, as these mature eggs have now been frozen.
Prior to this, scientists believed that eggs obtained from girls before puberty could not mature in the laboratory, but evidence has proven differently.
The girls who underwent this procedure were between the ages of 5 and 20 years of age.
According to lead researcher Dr. Ariel Revel, from the Hadassah University Hospital in Israel, the team was able to successfully mature 41 of 167 eggs with some of the eggs being obtained from prepubescent donors.
These pre-puberty eggs were not distinguishable from the eggs of older women, according to Dr. Revel as reported by the AP.
"The research by Dr. Revel is an important option for prepubescent girls who may otherwise lose the ability to have children," said Dr. Hananel Holzer, an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at McGill University in Montreal, reports the AP.
Previously, scientists have been able to take immature eggs by removing them from adult women and bring them to full maturity within the laboratory.
Therefore, the news of bringing young girl's eggs to maturity outside the body's setting is exciting and unprecedented, particularly those eggs from the pre-puberty girls.
