For the first time, scientists have filmed the process by which eggs are released from ovaries during ovulation — and they've captured it in exquisite detail. In the impressive new video, a mature ...

Though the ovary is often reduced to its role in reproduction, research shows it plays a surprisingly central role in a woman’s health throughout her body and lifetime. It is becoming more important ...

Females are born with between one and two million eggs. The number decreases until a person stops ovulating and reaches menopause. At that point, fewer that 1,000 remain. Sex and gender exist on ...

Conception's chief scientific officer, Pablo Hurtado, examines very early primordial germ cells under a microscope in a company lab in Berkeley, California. (Laura Morton for NPR) BERKELEY, CALIF. — ...

Scientists are learning that ovaries aren't just important for making babies—they also keep the heart, brain, and bones healthy. A mouse ovary treated with a high dose of anti-Mullerian hormone ...

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a condition in which a person’s ovaries stop working before the age of 40. Patients with POI experience ovarian dysfunction and irregular or absent menstrual ...

Artificial ovaries are on the horizon after scientists created the first cellular-level map of human egg formation. The University of Michigan used five donated ovaries to carry out state-of-the-art ...

For the first time, scientists have grown human eggs to full maturity in the laboratory. The newly grown eggs have not been fertilized, but if they prove viable, the advance could help people ...