the subsequent processes operate independently of the rest of the ovary, as all the necessary information is contained within the follicle itself,” says Schuh. “With our new method, we and other ...

In the impressive new video, a mature mouse egg cell is explosively expelled from its fluid-filled sac — known as a follicle — into a lab dish. The team observed follicles that had been isolated from ...

“With our new method, we and other researchers can further investigate the mechanisms of ovulation and hopefully gain new insights for human fertility research.” ...

From the Fertility Clinic of the Free Hospital for Women and the Department of Physiology of the Harvard Medical School, aided in part by a grant from the Permanent Charity Fund to the Harvard ...

From the Fertility Clinic of the Free Hospital for Women and the Department of Physiology of the Harvard Medical School, aided in part by a grant from the Permanent Charity Fund to the Harvard ...

Eggs pop out of ovaries. But what propels them has been unknown. Now, researchers from the University of Connecticut explain in an article published in the September 18 issue of the Proceedings of the ...

This is because the drugs used cause super ovulation to occur ie the release of a number of eggs at one time. Super ovulation can be used in in vitro fertilisation (IVF) programmes. It can help ...

Video of ovulation in an isolated ovarian follicle expressing the oocyte marker Oct4–GFP. This allowed for 3D surface reconstructions of the oocytes to be generated (green), to track their ...

After assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles, elevated serum hCG at 16 days after ovulation is used as an endocrine ...

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