A woman's ovaries are like a factory where egg cells grow and produce hormones that regulate everything from menstruation and pregnancy to bone density and mood. As she and her factory age, production...
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...
Most human eggs never have the chance to mature into eggs, a recent study sheds light on why. A new "atlas" of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments that restore ovarian horm...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shed light on the proteins that control ovarian development in mice before and after birth. This could lead to a better understanding of the cause of fe...
After the egg cell has been fertilized by a sperm, the surrounding egg shell tightens and thus mechanically prevents the penetration of further sperm and the associated death of the embryo. This is ac...
New research describes the science behind a promising technique to treat infertility by turning a skin cell into an egg that can produce viable embryos. This technique could be used in women of advanc...
The accumulation of misfolded or damaged proteins in long-lived, non-dividing cells such as neurons is associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. A study now shows that th...
A woman's fertility is determined by many different factors. In addition to genetic predisposition, various illnesses, lifestyle factors and the woman's age play an important role. Could a particular ...
