Ovarian follicles are essential for female fertility, forming during fetal development and establishing a finite reserve of ...

PCOS affects 1 in 10 women of reproductive age, causing irregular periods, excess androgen levels, and ovarian cysts. It ...

These include: Ultrasound imaging – to examine the reproductive organs for conditions that may be affecting fertility and to determine the number of follicles in the ovaries (antral follicle count, or ...

Menopause is not a disorder. It is a natural process where the number of follicles in the ovaries quickly reduces. Since these follicles produce estrogen, as they decline, so does your estrogen ...

Scientists have successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a development that ...

Throughout the follicular phase, a single "dominant follicle" develops faster than the rest. This follicle (a fluid-filled sac in your ovary) then releases more estrogen into the body in preparation ...

An ovary is only a few centimeters wide, but its precious cargo is even smaller. Oocytes are a few dozen micrometers in diameter and are individually wrapped in layers of specialized cells that form a ...

Many women seek IVF because they are approaching their 40s and have few eggs left; they will likely never be good IVM ...

The controlled ovarian hyperstimulation used before in vitro fertilization (IVF) endeavors to induce the development of multiple dominant follicles in order to produce several oocytes and increase ...

The researchers 'aim to safeguard the genetic material' of 'unique and precious animals for future use to ensure their ...