Is There a Relationship Between Ovulation and Menapis?

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rachel says that this new interest in hormonal cells could also lead to new avenues of treatments that are not about fertility or making babies. Researchers want to see if they can take some stem cells from the ovary and use them to make more of the pormon producing cells, instead of just the eggs.

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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