Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

Five donated ovaries were used to carry out genetic mapping for the study - STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY RF Artificial ovaries are on the horizon after scientists created the first ...

A new "atlas" of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments restoring ovarian hormone production and the ability to have biologically related children, according to University of ...

Scientists are learning that ovaries aren't just important for making babies—they also keep the heart, brain, and bones healthy. A mouse ovary treated with a high dose of anti-Mullerian hormone ...

Though the ovary is often reduced to its role in reproduction, research shows it plays a surprisingly central role in a woman’s health throughout her body and lifetime. It is becoming more important ...

The ovary is a time machine. It travels to the future, reaching old age ahead of the rest of the body. At birth, each ovary contains around a million follicles—tiny, fluid-filled sacs that hold ...

Ovarian cysts are very common in people who menstruate, with an estimated 10% to 30% of women — and potentially more — developing at least one in their lifetime. These fluid-filled sacs develop in or ...

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 ...

Explore why Indian women experience earlier ovarian aging compared to Caucasian women, highlighting multifactorial biological and environmental influences.