Germ cells and sex cord stromal cells form when a fetus (baby) is developing. A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are also known as germ cell cancer. Germ cells ...

Malignant testicular germ cell tumors are the most common cancers diagnosed in males ages 15 to 39 in the U.S., though ...

Surgery is the first step in most treatment plans and is the treatment for early-stage testicular cancer. MSK surgeons do more than 200 testicular procedures each year. Surgery may be the only ...

Accumulating evidence indicates that epigenetic modifiers have key roles in genome-wide reprogramming and activation and repression of specific genes during mammalian germ-cell development.

"I took her to see the GP or a consultant doctor 11 times in three weeks. She'd been in and out of the hospital with ...

A new study from Cornell University has strengthened the case for using a specific group of molecules—known as microRNAs—as ...

“In humans, failure to migrate to the ovary or testes can compromise fertility and lead to the formation of germ cell tumors.” But how do primordial germ cells reach their target? Barton, a ...

Cancer that develops in the ovaries (the egg-producing reproductive organs) is referred to as ovarian cancer. There are three ...

Researchers from Guangdong Medical University published data from a study that aimed to identify novel biomarkers that would allow for comprehensive assessment of prognosis and immunotherapy response ...

Two weeks after a human egg is fertilized, primordial germ cells (PGCs), which develop into sperm and eggs, are formed. In six to 10 weeks after fertilization, PGCs differentiate into pro ...