reproduction

Scientists Find Women Can Produce New Eggs After All

Scientists Find Women Can Produce New Eggs After All

Health class taught you that women were born with all the eggs they’d ever have throughout their lives, but science has cast doubt on that supposition. New research finds that women can make new eggs throughout their reproductive years, thanks to stem cells in ovaries.
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National Geographic reports scientists identified the stem cells in mice ovaries in a study published in 2004, but researchers in Boston’s Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital have finally identified the stem cells in humans. The researchers used donated ovary tissue from Japanese women who had gotten sex changes. [More]

Sperm Banks Now More Discerning

Sperm Banks Now More Discerning

Thanks to the credit crunch, it’s harder to get a loan or line of credit from most banks. But some banks are becoming more discerning about who they allow to make deposits. What banks? Sperm banks, of course.

These Toy Horses Are Also Educational

These Toy Horses Are Also Educational

Ali writes, “I was at the Borders in Elk Grove, CA with my cousin when I noticed these toys in the section with iPod accessories and various other objects. The funny thing is, all the other packages behind it were exactly the same.” Now you can learn about nature, and maybe pick up some new sexual slang, while you play horse farm!