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

Female: At birth, a girl's pair of ovaries contain up to 1,000,000 follicles, which are hollow balls of cells, each with an immature egg (or ovum) in the center. A girl is born with all the eggs ...

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

Importantly, the timing of hCG or GnRH agonist administration must be carefully determined to ensure that the ovarian follicles are at an optimal size for oocyte production. The current study ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For people struggling to conceive, typical fertility treatment options like in vitro fertilization, or IVF, can be taxing ...

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 ...

Ovaries contain immature ova at various stages of development. Each ova is protected by a follicle. This is a fluid-filled sac which surrounds it and releases hormones. Each ovary is connected to ...

Ovarian follicle of fruit fly, with chromosomes stained in green and dKDM5 protein stained in red. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...