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

After Kerala HC nod, posthumous reproduction debate on consent, rights and risks returns. While courts are stepping into a legal vacuum, questions remain on ethics and inheritance.

For sexual reproduction to yield healthy offspring, newly generated oocytes—immature egg cells—must receive the correct amount of DNA after cell division. This process of segregating chromosomes ...

The kick-off signal for puberty begins in the brain. Specifically, in the hypothalamus, where specific neurons release a ...

News footage these days sometimes shows wild horses crowding dry rangelands in the American West or deer wandering through ...

Now in its 18th year, the Best New Product Awards are America's leading consumer-voted awards for product excellence. Conducted by BrandSpark International in partnership with Newsweek, the awards ...

In sum, the nonapeptide Oxytocin presents as a structurally well-defined peptide with a receptor system that is widely ...

The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it shouldn't have survived as a species, let alone thrive as a species for over ...

How many kids is too many, or too few, for your health? Science may finally have an answer, and it's not what you'd expect.

Studies are showing that the inflammatory condition can impact organs across the body, not just those involved in reproduction.

A peer-reviewed, multi-clinic study published in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics suggests an epigenetic ...

There is something like less than one chance in 10 billion that this kind of thing could occur," said one expert.