Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these ...

In humans, that supply dwindles until menopause, when it goes bankrupt. Over the past two decades, scientists have identified ...

A new "atlas" of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments restoring ovarian hormone production and the ability to have biologically related children, according to University of ...

Since 2016, a global consortium of researchers have been mapping the cells of the human body. Known as the Human Cell Atlas, the objective is to understand and improve health outcomes, particularly ...

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from ...

Producing follicles isn’t the only task for ovaries, new research suggests. (Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty ...

Michigan State University researchers have identified how ovarian cancer cells become resistant to chemotherapy and ...

Ovarian cystic neoplasms are ovarian tumors that have cyst-like qualities. They can include epithelial ovarian tumors and germ cell tumors called teratomas. Ovarian cystic neoplasms can be benign, ...

A new 'atlas' of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments restoring ovarian hormone production and the ability to have biologically related children, according to engineers. A ...