Urologists diagnose and treat diseases of the urinary tract in both men and women. They also diagnose and treat anything ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named ...

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A mouse study may pave the way for new approaches to contraception and infertility treatment. Sperm are surprisingly picky ...

WashU Medicine researcher Polina Lishko, a BJC Investigator and professor of cell biology and physiology ... the female reproductive tract. The findings, published in Nature Communications April 17, ...

But, given that the female ... male infertility. "That hyperactive state in sperm is key for successful fertilization, and no one knew exactly how temperature triggers it," said Polina Lishko, Ph.D., ...

WashU Medicine researcher Polina Lishko, PhD, a BJC Investigator and professor of cell biology and physiology ... have evolved to keep male reproductive organs cooler than their core body temperature.

“There’s still so much we can’t even begin to comprehend about female anatomy,” Anbarci said ... and progesterone—at key times in the reproductive cycle. Anbarci and her colleagues ...

While most species follow a clear male-dominated hierarchy ... status rather than unchallenged dominance,” says Fruth. Female reproductive autonomy, including hidden ovulation, likely supports ...

“It’s very clear that you don’t want to overstep as a male bonobo,” said study author Martin Surbeck from Harvard University. Findings were published Thursday in the journal Communications Biology.