Researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa have developed a hydrogel implant that can prevent endometriosis, a disease that affects many women. This innovation also acts as a contraceptive. Interdisciplinary...
As embryos grow from conception to birth, cells multiply rapidly and move in a highly organized way to form the skeleton, organs and other important systems. But how do the cells know to move in just ...
Researchers at the University of Toronto have mapped the spatial distribution of around 700 long non-coding RNAs, also known as lncRNAs, in the testes. The team discovered many more lncRNAs in the tes...
A new study conducted on fruit flies provides the first evidence that oocytes - the cells that give rise to eggs - regularly rejuvenate the critical protein bonds that hold chromosomes together. The f...
It's no secret that many different factors can affect fertility. In addition to age, diet and hormonal imbalances, where you live can also play a role. Research shows that people who live in socioecon...
Researchers have discovered that germ cells, which develop into eggs and sperm, cause sex-dependent differences in the lifespan of vertebrates. Female and male germ cells increase or decrease the life...
An unexpectedly versatile and regenerative stem cell in early embryos could be the key to developing new effective fertility treatments, according to a new study on mice by the University of Copenhage...
Children born through frozen embryo transfer have similar metabolic profiles to children born through fresh embryo transfer. This is according to a study by Linlin Cui and Zi-Jiang Chen from Shandong ...