Hattie Chung, PhD, began her journey to becoming a scientist at the age of eight when she moved from Seoul, South Korea, to ...

Among all the organs in the human body, the ovaries are the earliest to show signs of decline, closing up shop around the age ...

A scientific illustration of a human ovary and fallopian tube. (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) From day one ...

Fertility declines as women get older for many reasons, such as a drop in egg quality, decreased follicle numbers and ...

Aging affects every organ in the body, yet we still know little about how the ovary changes over time. In a new study published in Nature Aging, Yale researchers created one of the most detailed maps ...

For most women, the body begins to change dramatically in their 40s or 50s. This transition, known as menopause, is defined ...

As central female reproductive organs, the ovaries produce fertilizable eggs and generate the sex hormones estrogen and ...

Researchers found post-menopausal ovaries become biologically active in new ways, shifting from reproduction toward immune regulation that may influence healthy aging.

Investigators led by Francesca Elizabeth Duncan, Ph.D., the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Reproductive Science, have discovered new molecular mechanisms that lead specialized immune cells to ...

Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Women live far longer ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found that injecting a particular type of stem cells into infertile female rats can restore the function of their ovaries, and say their findings could pave the way ...