Oocytes, Ovaries (IMAGE)

Cornell University

Oocytes, Ovaries

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The image shows a mouse ovary with proteins specific to oocytes labelled in red and yellow. The study reports that culturing such ovaries in the presence of a drug that inhibits DNA damage checkpoint enzymes protects the oocytes from lethal levels of radiation that would normally kill the entire oocyte reserve (small oocytes in picture).

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Schimenti Lab, Cornell University

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