Saturday, 7. April 2012
Topic: SCIENCE - on April 7, 2012 at 5:07:00 PM CEST
Eggs unlimited: an extraordinary tale of scientific discovery
Two biologists, split by rivalry and disagreement, suddenly realised that they were on the same side. The result was a revolutionary breakthrough.
A dogma has haunted the study and treatment of female infertility for more than half a century. It states that a baby girl is born with an ever-diminishing number of egg cells which cannot be renewed or replenished during her life, and that when she runs out of these eggs an irreversible menopause begins.
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