What Is the Female Reproductive System? The female reproductive system is designed to carry out several functions. It produces the female egg cells, called the ova or oocytes, which are necessary for ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and ...

Mapping the human reproductive system offers new clues into conditions affecting reproductive organs and the environmental ...

A new single-cell map reveals how human reproductive organs form and respond to environmental influences A developing human ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A microscope image of the tissue around the rete ovarii, an organ that may play an important role ...

A new scientific review challenges the widespread idea that certain physical features in women serve as biological signals of ...

The health of female and male reproductive organ systems impacts all stages of life. In addition to being necessary for procreation and impacted by various diseases, reproductive system changes occur ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, to buy a pregnancy test. But it wasn’t for Moffett. Her postdoc, ...