Despite the steady increase in women pursuing careers in STEM - rising from approximately 8% of the research workforce in 1970 to nearly 30% today - women ...

Male and female reproductive systems allow human reproduction. Fertilisation occurs when a sperm and egg join to form an embryo. An embryo develops into an unborn baby in the uterus during pregnancy.

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 ...

Genetic conditions often result from inherited mutations passed down from one or both parents. In an inherited genetic disorder, a mutated gene is transmitted from a parent. 3 Recent developments have ...

The vulva and the female external genitalia begins to develop while the baby is still within the mother’s womb. The development again gains acceleration during puberty when the female reproductive ...

Two hormone-like compounds linked to the consumption of soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty and symptoms of advanced ...

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