Researchers have created a stem cell-based organoid model of the placental barrier, offering a new tool for studying placental function and drug toxicity, potentially improving…
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Rutgers University research teams have discovered key factors in predicting egg cell viability and identified a gene mutation linked to miscarriage, providing valuable insights for…
Credit: SciTechDaily.com One of the fundamental and timeless questions of life concerns the mechanics of its inception. Take human development, for example: how do individual…
A study from the University Hospital Bonn reveals that a deficiency in the protein ACTL7B disrupts sperm development in male mice, leading to infertility. This…
A comprehensive study confirms the antagonistic pleiotropy theory of aging, showing a genetic correlation between high reproduction and shorter lifespan. However, it highlights that environmental…
A mature Megasyllis nipponica with a developing female stolon. Credit: Nakamura et al 2023 Armed with its own eyes, antennae, and swimming bristles, the posterior…
The Csd gene, of which there may be more than 100 variants, plays a key role in determining the sex of bees. These genes are…
Giant African pouched rat. Credit: Cornell University Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can undergo astounding reproductive organ…
A new study that centered on the swimming behavior of sperm cells is the first to establish a direct effect of mutation on sperm behavior.…
Natural and synthetic embryos side by side show comparable brain and heart formation. Credit: Amadei and Handford Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created…
Previous studies found that mothers of twins are more fertile. However, new research shows they are not. Is it true that women who have twins…
Image showing artificial ovary, where in vitro-generated female germ cells (magenta) enter meiosis (yellow cells) to become oocytes with help from supporting cells (cyan). This…
Artistic reconstruction of mating position in Olenoides serratus. Credit: Holly Sullivan Fossils can tell scientists a lot about an animal such as their morphology, their…
A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows promise for development of a new form of…
Egg and sperm cell size evolved from competition. Limited resources drove gametes to differ vastly in size and number. In most living animals, egg cells…
Pleodorina algae float in a water sample under a light microscope. Credit: © Hisayoshi Nozaki, CC BY 4.0 Researchers on quest to understand how different…
The species of turtle involved in the study is Apalone spinifera, a species of freshwater turtles native to North America. But the researchers say their…
Researchers from UMD found that the same gene for expressing a red fluorescent protein is always expressed (ON), when it is inherited from the mother,…
Sarah Nyquist, a PhD student in MIT’s Computational and Systems Biology program, applies computational methods to understudied areas of reproductive health, such as the cellular…
A large cohort study drawn from the national IVF registry of France, which included almost 70,000 pregnancies delivered after 22 weeks gestation between 2013 and…