Illustrative photo of mother and child. Photo: Pixabay. Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that anti-viral drug therapy may help “reverse” the aging of human egg cells, thereby increasing the fertility of older women. In an era of an increased rate of delayed first childbearing, women in their late 30s and 40s are often faced with declining prospects of conception, even with IVF treatment, because their eggs have accumulated so much DNA damage over the years that they cannot mature and be fertilized. Michael Klutstein, a molecular biologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, aims to reverse...