News tagged with ovaries
Ovaries must suppress their inner male
For an ovary to remain an ovary, the female organ has to continuously suppress its inner capacity to become male. That's the conclusion of a study in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell revealing that t ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Scientists solve puzzle of chickens that are half male and half female
A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and female on the other - has been solved by researchers.
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Researchers build 'artificial ovary' to develop oocytes into mature human eggs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital have invented the first artificial human ovary, an advance that provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility ...
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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Message for women and dogs: keeping ovaries is linked to longevity
(PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Scientists say blood test could predict menopause
(AP) -- Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 27, 2010 |
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The birth of the biological clock
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have moved one step closer to solving the inner workings of the biological clock, by studying it from the moment it starts ticking.
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Jan 27, 2010 |
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World first: Ovarian transplant helps woman be mum twice over
In what doctors described Wednesday as a world first, a Danish woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using ovarian tissue that was removed, frozen, thawed and then reimplanted after cancer ...
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Feb 24, 2010 |
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New blood test will show women's egg levels: report
Women will soon be able to tell how many eggs they have in their ovaries in a simple hormone test that Australian researchers said Sunday could revolutionise family planning and fertility treatment.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2010 |
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Ovary
The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Ovaries in anatomically female individuals are analogous to testes in anatomically male individuals, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands.
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