For Some Females, Fasting Prolongs Reproductive Life Span
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:57
in Biology & Nature
If you studied the basics of human anatomy, you probably know that females are born with their entire lifetime's supply of eggs and once they're gone, they're gone. New findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center say that is not always true. The good news; during starvation, ovulation stops and when normal food conditions resume, so do the eggs, basically turning back the reproductive clock. The bad news; it only works in in nematode worms. read more