Egg cells are our largest cells. They are so large, in fact, that they should have problems distributing proteins and ...

Scientists are learning that ovaries aren't just important for making babies—they also keep the heart, brain, and bones ...

Nonetheless, Slater's conclusion that the poly(A) tails were elongated by polyadenylation in the cytoplasm of the oocytes after fertilization was still valid and intriguing and set further ...

A new research paper titled "Disruption of mitochondrial unfolded protein response results in telomere shortening in mouse ...

Low birth rates have become a serious problem in many developed countries throughout the world, with Japan being a prime ...

A process called cryopreservation allows cells to remain frozen but alive for hundreds of years. For some animal cells, the ...

Those germ cells that enter meiosis become oocytes, the source of future eggs. Consequently, females are born with a finite number of oocytes arrested in the first meiotic prophase. Within the ...

Pattern Recognition. ICPR International Workshops and Challenges. Vol. 12661, Issue. , p. 278. The assessment and selection of oocytes and embryos is fundamental to the live birth rate data of all IVF ...

There have been huge advances in bovine reproduction over the last 50 years. Some of these advancements include artificial insemination (AI), embryo transfer (ET), and in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

(p. 16) “Studies on early stages of development indicate that human oocytes are usually fertilized with 12 hours after ovulation. In vitro observations have shown that the oocyte cannot be fertilized ...

One of the reasons behind the low success of IVF is closely related to the quality of the eggs or ‘oocytes’ collected from the ovaries. Today, there are two main approaches in clinical ...

"Now that we know which genes are expressed in the oocytes, we can test whether affecting these genes could result in creating a functional follicle. This can be used to create an artificial ovary ...