Oocyte maturation and follicular development are fundamental processes that underpin female fertility. These processes involve the transformation of primordial follicles into a cohort of mature, ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have identified a potential new diagnostic marker that predicts the successful and efficient development of mammalian egg cells. The ...

Lower ovarian reserve was associated with accelerated pace of aging and higher risk scores for metabolic disease. Learn more ...

In a new study published in the journal Nature, researchers in Japan report that activating just eight genes for producing gene-controlling proteins is enough to convert mouse stem cells directly into ...

(a) Fluorescence images showing the chromatin in FGO stained with DAPI. Scale bar, 20 μm. Yellow triangles indicate DAPI-dense heterochromatin foci and the red triangles denote the nucleoli or NLBs.

Zinc flux during fertilization prevents polyspermy and improves the quality of embryo Zinc is released after fertilization helps in zona pellucida hardening Zinc spark is a calcium coordinated event ...

Researchers have found that a carefully orchestrated act of X-chromosome 'yoyo' predicts the successful and efficient development of mammalian egg cells. The findings could pave the way for generating ...