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Contrary to long-standing assumptions, human egg cells stay pristine for decades not by ramping up waste disposal, but by dialing it down.

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Ovarian Proteins That Last a Lifetime Help Maintain Egg Cells for Years

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Mammalian Oocytes Store mRNA in Newly Found Membraneless Structure

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How Immature Egg Cells in Ovaries Resist Aging

Eight Proteins Turn Mouse Stem Cells into Egglike Cells

Single-Cell Analysis of Ovarian Cortex Fails to Find Stem Cells

Baby Born from Egg that Was Matured and Frozen in the Lab

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New Techniques Detail Embryos’ First Hours and Days

Infographic: How Embryos Take Control of Their Own Development

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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