Inability to produce healthy eggs may be caused by ovarian aging

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Women’s decreased ability to produce healthy eggs as they become older may be due to excessive scarring and inflammation in their ovaries, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in mice. This is the first study to show the ovarian environment ages and that aging affects the quality of eggs it produces. These findings could result […]

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