For the first time, scientists have created a comprehensive "atlas" of the cells in the human ovary and mapped the specific pattern of gene activity required for a healthy egg to develop.

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But Jonathan Tilly of Massachusetts General Hospital and colleagues have now isolated germline stem cells from human ovaries that can differentiate into oocytes. Tilly had previously found ovarian ...

“These results are important for understanding human ovarian biology and ovarian aging,” said Lei, but cautioned against designing medical therapies to delay ovarian aging or improve egg quality based ...

The female gamete is called an ovum or egg. The plural is ova. Ova are produced from germline cells in the ovaries. Ovaries contain immature ova at various stages of development. Each ova is ...