Egg cells need stamina: They are formed in a woman’s body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But as they age, they accumulate more and more DNA damage. Until now, it has been unclear why the cell’s repair mechanisms do not fix the damage. Egg cells need stamina: They are formed in a woman’s body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But as they age, they accumulate more and more DNA damage. Until now, it has been unclear why the cell’s repair mechanisms do not fix the damage. Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Why aged oocytes struggle to repair DNA damage
