“Matthew really opened up a new form of epigenetic inheritance,” says Dr. Brent Derry, Eroglu’s supervisor. “He found that amyloids can be inherited, marking a significant discovery in protein-based ...

IN recent years, there has been growing recognition of the importance of omega-3 fatty acids in the diets of broodmares.

They are formed in a woman's body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But ...

In the 1960s, David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel famously discovered that in the visual cortex, neurons with the same function are organized spatially in columns. This finding, along with their other ...

Human oocytes have been matured and fertilized by spermatozoa in vitro. There may be certain clinical and scientific uses for human eggs fertilized by this procedure.

More information: Fei Sun et al, Increased DNA damage in full-grown oocytes is correlated with diminished autophagy activation, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53559-w ...

RBM14 is an RNA-binding protein that regulates spindle integrity in mitosis; however, its functions during meiosis are still unclear. In this study, we discovered that RBM14 expression was ...

Previous studies discussed how lipoproteins affect female reproductive function by interfering with the expression and activity of lipoprotein receptors and determined whether or not a lipoprotein is ...

Oocytes have a very specialized nuclear architecture with an exceptionally large ... As discussed above, this mechanism is likely to function in many animal species. In other species, forces may be ...