A woman's fertility usually begins to decline in her mid-30s. This means the chances of becoming pregnant decreases ...

Cancer immunotherapy, which uses drugs that stimulate the body's immune cells to attack tumors, is a promising approach to ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a specific transcription factor promotes genetic reprogramming and ...

Profiling cells from ovarian endometriosis revealed signaling interactions that may sustain lesion growth, highlighting potential therapeutic targets. “This [study] represents an important advance in ...

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 ...

The team also found that a gene called Krt5 is very active in these pre-ciliated cells. When they turned off the TP53 and RB1 ...