In Greece, a baby was born whose embryo had been frozen for more than 22 years. This extraordinary case raises an interesting medical question: How long can a human embryo remain frozen without lo...
As we age, many things change in the body—and egg cells are no exception. While a woman may still appear healthy and young on the outside, the quality of her egg cells begins to decline years earlie...
In the future, drugs derived from cannabis could play a role in the treatment of ovarian cancer. A research team investigating two natural compounds found in cannabis discovered that both showed remar...
Manganese is an essential trace element that occurs in only very small amounts in the human body but is indispensable for numerous biochemical processes. Its role in male and female fertility is parti...
When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many factors—including a crucial event that occurred while she herself was still growing in her mother's womb. It depends on t...
A Yale-led research team has discovered how a naturally occurring biological mechanism found in mammals can prevent sperm from interacting with an egg, thus standing in the way of fertilization. The d...
Menopause, caused by ovarian aging and exhaustion of the ovarian reserve, marks the end of a woman's fertility. Although many aspects of these processes are well understood, the overall dynamics remai...
Our cells are constantly being damaged by factors such as UV rays, radiation, toxins and chemicals. In women, this can lead to poor egg quality, which in turn can cause infertility, miscarriage, birth...