The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries—the organs that store and release a woman's eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman's chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

There are a bunch of valid reasons why you may need or want to pluck a few eggs out of your ovaries: Maybe you’re putting those puppies on ice (so to speak) for use at a later point, or you need a few ...

Melina Schuh has been fascinated with ovarian germ cells, or oocytes, since she began her graduate studies in 2004. “[I] realized that only little was known about these important cells that are ...

Ovarian reserve refers to the number of eggs you have remaining in your ovaries and the tests can include an antral follicle ...

Egg freezing rarely feels urgent for women aged 25 to 28, with careers taking centre stage. A fertility specialist explains why this age can be clinically advantageous, how egg quality changes over ...

Endometriosis does not automatically mean infertility, experts say. Many women conceive naturally, especially in mild cases, though the condition can reduce fertility through inflammation, adhesions, ...

Poor egg quality has become a significant and increasing cause of infertility in women today Our expert explains whether ...

Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of ...

Gameto plans to integrate this meiosis-induction approach with its proprietary ovarian organoid (“ovaroid”) platform to ...

India radically tightened its rules on egg donation to make it altruistic, but that move triggered a vibrant black market for human eggs.