Women who are treated for asthma have a higher risk of miscarriage and require fertility treatment in order to become pregnant. This is the result of a large study presented at the European Respirator...
Women who become pregnant through in vitro fertilization and experience a serious pregnancy complication are twice as likely to have a preterm birth (<37 weeks) than women who have only one of thes...
Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive for a long time in the human intestine. This is reported by researchers from Würzburg and Berlin in the journal PLOS Pathogen...
Researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa have developed a hydrogel implant that can prevent endometriosis, a disease that affects many women. This innovation also acts as a contraceptive. Interdisciplinary...
As embryos grow from conception to birth, cells multiply rapidly and move in a highly organized way to form the skeleton, organs and other important systems. But how do the cells know to move in just ...
Researchers at the University of Toronto have mapped the spatial distribution of around 700 long non-coding RNAs, also known as lncRNAs, in the testes. The team discovered many more lncRNAs in the tes...
A new study conducted on fruit flies provides the first evidence that oocytes - the cells that give rise to eggs - regularly rejuvenate the critical protein bonds that hold chromosomes together. The f...
It's no secret that many different factors can affect fertility. In addition to age, diet and hormonal imbalances, where you live can also play a role. Research shows that people who live in socioecon...
