Microglia (immune cells) and the RANK protein are essential for triggering puberty and maintaining fertility in the brain.

The therapeutics are designed to enhance in vitro fertilisation (IVF), one of the most transformative advances in reproductive medicine. The first baby was born via IVF more than 40 years ago. Since ...

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants. The discovery, by scientists led by the University of Leicester, could be beneficial ...

A recent study shows evidence of what scientists have feared for a long time: the effects of microplastics on human fertility. For the first time, scientists have discovered microplastics in the ...

The male reproductive tract is a specialized environment that is inhabited by a diverse microbiota. Semen, which contains secretions from multiple glands and the testes, serves as a convergence point ...

Microplastics, the plastic particles smaller than 5mm in diameter, have been a cause of concern for years because they remain in the environment for a long time and are likely to affect human health.