Women with varying exposure to GLP-1 agonists showed similar numbers of oocytes retrieved in controlled ovarian ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

Oocytes are immature egg cells that develop in almost all female mammals before birth. The propagation of future generations depends on this finite reserve of cells surviving for many years without ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Obtaining good quality oocytes and preparing them for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a key stage in assisted reproduction. This is a ...

A mechanism is a set of moving parts that work together to make something happen. A slider is a kind of mechanism that has a bar or rod that moves forwards and backwards, or side to side ...

An international team of neuroscientists, led by Duke-NUS Medical School, have uncovered a mechanism that controls the reactivation of neural stem cells, which are crucial for repairing and ...

Exceptionally long-lived macromolecules in mammalian ovaries and oocytes serve as pillars for lifelong reproductive health span.

Recent studies in mice suggest that how the egg cells hold onto and get rid of their proteins may be key to this survival. Although most proteins are renewed every few days, two studies show that some ...

Multiple gestations are the most frequent complications associated with assisted reproductive techniques (ART). To decrease the rate of twin and higher order multiple gestations, the ...

What is a wheel and axle mechanism? A wheel and axle mechanism is a simple device you make when you connect one or more wheels to an axle. They are used to help things move. A wheel is a round ...

Various protective mechanisms besides the blood-testis barrier ... and union with, the oocyte. However, how do ASAs interfere with sperm motility? ASAs can bind to antigens of sperm membranes ...

The gene plays an important quality control role during the specialized cell division process that makes eggs and sperm, researchers have now found. When BRCA1 is mutated and can’t perform this role, ...