Contrary to long-standing assumptions, human egg cells stay pristine for decades not by ramping up waste disposal, but by ...

Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published today in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of ...

Oocytes are long-lived cells that require specialized adaptations to maintain their fitness. This study shows that human ...

In human beings, egg cells need to survive for about five decades, much longer than most other cell types – and they may achieve this unusually long lifespan by slowing down their natural cell process ...

Spanish researchers have identified different types of plastics in seminal plasma and ovarian follicular fluid ...

Microplastics have been discovered in human follicular fluid and semen, according to new research, raising concerns about ...

Fewer in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles were reported in Europe in 20202, but clinical pregnancy rates remained stable, according to data presented at the 41st ...

Editorial Archive Critical Viability of Human Sperms and Oocytes Published May 16, 1968 N Engl J Med 1968;278: 1121 - 1122 ...

His team is also initiating the research in human oocytes, which live much longer than mice oocytes.

Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in oocyte maturation and embryo development. However, its role in oocyte aging is unclear. To examine how NO affects ...

In May he showed The Economist pictures of i PSC -derived cells which the company believes to be relatively advanced precursors to human oocytes.