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In this Review, the functional and molecular consequences of pathological hypoxia on male germ cells and fertility are explored, including potential influences on embryo development and ...

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This important study reveals a critical role of the transcription factor NR2F2 in mouse fetal Leydig cell (FLC) differentiation. With elegantly carried out experiments, the authors provide compelling ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have generated human stem cell models which contain notochord -- a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation system, directing cells where to build ...

There are about 1,000 mitochondria in each cell of the blastocyst and about 10 per primordial germ cell as these are first specified in the early postimplantation embryo during gastrulation (when ...

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The chain of pathophysiological events that leads to cell loss in these cases is very complex and includes many types of molecules ... are a non-hematopoietic group of cell precursors that originate ...

The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic ...

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Testicular atrophy means the testes inside the scrotum ("ball sack") shrink. It is a treatable medical condition. Learn how ...

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