Is There Evidence of Ovarian Stem Cells in Humans?

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There are more than 80 papers that show evidence of ovarian stem cells in rats, cows, monkeys and eventually humans. We just don't know if they naturally produce eggs throughout some one's lifetime, or if they can just be triggered to do this by like damage or aging. But stands we can at least begin to rewrite the middle of our text book story, right?

There's an old story scientists tell about human ovaries: that they are ticking clocks that only lose eggs, never gain them. Now that story might be changing, opening the door to new treatments for infertility and menopause.

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