A mature female reproductive cell (egg cell), which contains half the genetic information needed to make a new human.
Exposure to higher levels of particulate matter, in the weeks and months leading up to oocyte retrieval, is linked to lower live birth rate among fertility patients...
Reluctant heroes and cosplaying sperm? A fun Tuesday evening in Edinburgh really was a game of two halves…
Researchers have developed the first-ever spatial map of all the different cell types that make up the human ovary...
Dr Elpida Fragouli, a highly accomplished scientist in the field of preimplantation genetic testing and volunteer writer for BioNews, sadly died at the end of last year due to cancer…
Australia saw the birth of its first baby conceived via capacitation in-vitro maturation or CAPA-IVM treatment last week...
Now that women who have frozen their eggs for non-medical reasons are returning to use them, there needs to be a re-evaluation of time limits placed on storage...
Improvements in access and attitudes towards egg freezing over the past decade, highlight the increase in reproductive choices given to families by advances in fertility treatment...
A fully human ovarian organoid has been grown in the lab for the first time, with potential applications to improve understanding and treatment of female infertility...
Amira Yashruti and Sachiyo Yagi review a recent roundtable conference on egg freezing at Fondation Brocher in Switzerland...
BMI is not associated with pregnancy rates following transfer of non-aneuploid frozen embryos, according to research presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's 2022 scientific congress...
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