Within minutes of fertilization, the egg of a fruit fly becomes a scene from the battle of the sexes. The egg attacks and ...

Egg cells are our largest cells. They are so large, in fact, that they should have problems distributing proteins and nutrients within themselves. A new study analyzing this little-understood ...

The biological factory that produces reproductive cells has a robust quality control system to identify and eliminate eggs ...

A woman claims that Dr. Hal Danzer artificially inseminated her with sperm that did not belong to her husband.

They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each ...

The company raised an initial $20 million seed round in 2023, of which $8 million came from Coriolis Ventures, a startup ...

An innovative fertility technology using stem cells to help an embryo mature outside the body has resulted in the world’s ...

Germ cells and sex cord stromal cells form when a fetus (baby) is developing. A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are also known as germ cell cancer. Germ cells ...

Sexual reproduction involves the joining of two sex cells or gametes – the sperm (male gamete) and the egg or ovum (female gamete). The male and female reproductive system The male reproductive ...