A core set of eight proteins can transform stem cells from mice into cells that look a lot like immature egg cells called oocytes. The egglike cells could not undergo meiosis to cut the total ...

Communication between oocytes and granulosa cells is essential for oocyte formation, dormancy, reawakening, and maturation. Researchers have demonstrated that a protein complex called the exocyst ...

Several follicles containing eggs develop each menstrual cycle, supported by specialist 'cumulus' cells that aid in each oocyte's development into a mature egg, or ovum. But only one follicle ...

A new research paper titled "Disruption of mitochondrial unfolded protein response results in telomere shortening in mouse oocytes and somatic cells" has been published in Aging. Caseinolytic ...