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Scientists have detected microplastics - the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, ...

• In women with predicted high response (meaning their ovaries are expected to produce many eggs in response to stimulation, which increases the risk of complications such as OHSS), using human ...

Need a wellness break? Sign up for The Boost! Stay up-to-date with the latest health and wellness reads. According to UCLA Health, egg freezing, also known as oocyte cryopreservation, “is a process in ...

The researchers found that intermediately sized follicles were most important to the number of mature oocytes that were retrieved. The proportion of follicles within 13 to 18 mm was positively ...

The antral follicle count was 15. As the primary outcome, the assessment of oocyte maturity grade detailing metaphase-II oocytes was used.

Mature egg cells, or oocytes, are essential for fertilization in assisted reproductive technologies. However, some ‘denuded’ oocytes, or those lacking the protective granulosa cell ...

A follicle is a small, fluid-filled sac in the ovaries that contains an oocyte. Several follicles begin to develop during each menstrual cycle, but usually just one egg cell fully matures and is ...

An ovarian follicle is a basic functional unit in the mammalian ovary, composed of somatic cells (granulosa cells) that surround and support an oocyte (an immature egg cell) as it grows and ...

A follicle is a small, fluid-filled sac in the ovaries that contains an oocyte. Several follicles begin to develop during each menstrual cycle, but usually just one egg cell fully matures and is ...