This is essential, as cumulus cells provide energy to the developing ... that could contribute to follicular activation and oocyte maturation.” Although PRP has been used in medicine for wound ...

This inhibition was associated with disrupted metabolic cooperation between oocytes and cumulus cells, as evidenced by altered expression of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation ...

Germline stem cells that produce oocytes in vitro and fertilization-competent eggs in vivo have been identified in and isolated from adult mouse ovaries, Nature Medicine reported on March 26.