Research from Karolinska University Hospital Reveals New Findings on Women's Fertility
New discoveries about follicles, the cell pouches in women's ovaries, may be important for future treatment of infertility.A new study from Karolinska University Hospital shows that there are two types of immature follicles in a woman's ovaries, and that they probably have different tasks.
According to the researchers, only one type of follicle is involved in developing eggs. The other seems instead to be entirely devoted to secreting hormones, a process called signaling. The discovery may have an impact on how we assess female fertility in the future and how we treat involuntary