Researchers report that both maternal and paternal exposures to outdoor air pollution can negatively affect human embryo development in in vitro ... s ovaries are producing eggs (also known as oocytes ...

This week the EPA announced the rollback of a wide swath of regulations, many of which could worsen air quality. Experts say ...

Resveratrol, a natural compound in the skin of grapes, blueberries, and raspberries, may improve fertility by improving egg cells.

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The coalescent process and the human migration out of Africa now have ... the treatment of women willing to donate their oocytes. This context changes Chrissy Conant's packaging of one of her ...

It's commonly thought that sperm "race" to the egg, with the winner fertilizing it. But is this really the case?

Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population that lived more than 1.1 million years ago, according to new research.

Polyphosphate (polyP) exists in all life forms; however, its biological functions in metazoans are understudied. Here, we explored Drosophila as the first genetic model to explore polyP biology in ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — An innovative new technique uses a novel DNA barcode system to track hundreds of RNA and protein molecules in single cells within thick biological samples, providing researchers ...

Feb. 5, 2025 — A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study. Researchers found ...