Women with obesity, even those with regular menstrual cycles, have suppressed ovarian follicle development and reduced production of reproductive hormones, which may underlie reduced fertility, ...

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Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

Eggs pop out of ovaries. But what propels them has been unknown. Now, researchers from the University of Connecticut explain in an article published in the September 18 issue of the Proceedings of the ...

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have found that changing the timing of fertility drugs to match the follicle maturity period significantly increases the number of ovulated oocytes-the ...

An interdisciplinary collaboration used a cutting-edge form of RNA tagging to map the gene expression that occurs during follicle maturation and ovulation in mice. An interdisciplinary collaboration ...

For the first time, scientists have filmed the process by which eggs are released from ovaries during ovulation — and they've captured it in exquisite detail. In the impressive new video, a mature ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

The release of an egg, despite being a routine biological process, is a dramatic physical event. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta That mysterious twinge on one side of your lower abdomen that isn’t ...