New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and signals that drive this process. The findings offer important insights into ...

Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton mapped the ...

Mapping the human reproductive system offers new clues into conditions affecting reproductive organs and the environmental ...

Humans are sexual, meaning that both a male and a female are needed to reproduce. Each is equipped with specific organs capable of producing specific cells needed to procreate. In conjunction with a ...

A new single-cell map reveals how human reproductive organs form and respond to environmental influences A developing human ...

Women’s reproductive organs are home to plenty of microorganisms, and identifying them may help us improve women’s health. Scientists have long known that the vagina is home to trillions of bacteria, ...

Intersex is an umbrella term for people who are born with one or more traits in their chromosomes, genitals, hormones, or internal reproductive organs that don’t fit the typical male or female ...

Early in fetal development, a mass of cells known as the bipotential gonad has the possibility of giving rise either to ovaries or testes, reproductive organs that contribute to many of the ...