A team led by investigators has uncovered insights on a type of a critical cell that to the formation of a functioning uterus. Knowledge of the biological processes involved in the development of the ...

Throughout a woman's reproductive life, the endometrium, the mucous membrane lining the uterus, goes through cyclical remodeling. It thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for embryo ...

Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) causes changes in female primates' uterus development, new research suggests. The results were presented this week at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting ...

This valuable study reports that the ALDH-abundant cells display stem cell properties and may play a key role in the endometrial epithelial development in the mouse. The data supporting the main ...

While anticancer treatments, including many forms of chemotherapy and radiation, can effectively kill cancer cells, long-term use can cause mutations in healthy cells. Mutations arising in cells that ...

The female organs develop from the Mullerian ducts, which are a pair of organs found early in intrauterine life. Each gives rise to half of the uterus and one fallopian tube, which later fuse together ...

The lining of the human uterus does something no other tissue in the body can match: every month, it tears itself apart, ...

Uterine transplants are becoming more common to enable infertile women — and perhaps, eventually men — to give birth. How’s that project going? A new study detailing the outcomes of more than 40 cases ...