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Women May Be Making New Eggs

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:27 am
by JaNell
"Now US researchers have unearthed evidence in a mouse's ovary of stem cells that churn out fresh eggs during its reproductive years. This suggests ovaries have more in common with the male's testicular sperm factory than had been thought. "

Jonathan Tilly of Harvard Medical School is leading a team of researchers that have found evidence that women are NOT born with all the eggs they'll ever have and may be producing new eggs all the time.

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:25 am
by lovechild
wow, what a breakthrough....it would be interesting to see the results in a human testing...