Human development is a beautiful, complex process. Beginning from just two germ cells, the cells divide and double until an entire organism is developed in just under a year.

And it remained practically ignored for over a century, with researchers focusing on parts of the ovary already known to be biologically useful. It wasn’t until developmental biologist Jennifer ...

Ovarian torsion (adnexal torsion) is a medical emergency. It occurs when the ovary or ligaments that support the ovaries and fallopian tubes twist, cutting off the blood supply to your ovary ...

Maternal health experts have dispelled the rumour that women born with one ovary or those who have lost an ovary due to surgery or other medical conditions are unable to conceive or give birth to ...

transferred to glass slides, and evaluated during the morning period at 8:00–9:00 h (room lights were on at 7:00 h). Vaginal cytology was performed with freshly collected samples using an inverted ...

At birth, the average female ovary contains about 1 to 2 million eggs. After releasing all viable eggs, and without the ability to produce more during a lifetime, between the ages of 40 and 50 ...

Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope ... The dish contains ovarian organoids — structures he created that can nurture cells made ...

An ovarian follicle is a fluid-filled sac in the ovary containing an egg that has not yet matured. During the menstrual cycle, an egg matures, the follicle opens,and releases the egg, preparing it ...

Yet, the mechanisms of ovulation are exceptionally difficult to study given that ovulation is a highly dynamic process that operates on a time scale of minutes in small spatially confined niches ...

But distinguishing different cells often requires several stages of staining. Now researchers are presenting a new type of microscope slide which uses nanotechnology to change the perceived color of ...