Germ cells are one of two fundamental cell types in the human body. Germ cells are responsible for the production of sex cells or gametes (in humans, ovum and spermatozoa). Germ cells also constitute a cell line through which genes are passed from...

The generic term used to describe any reproductive cell, such as the sperm and the egg cells and their precursors. Germ cells carry half the normal complement of chromosomes of a normal cell, e.g. in humans a germ cell has 23 chromosomes instead of the...

A germ cell is part of the germline and is involved in the reproduction of organisms. Germ cells should not be confused with "germs" (pathogens). For example, the germ cells in male and female humans are the sperm and the eggs respectively. Germ cells...

Cell phones fingered for germ spread Hospitals' EKG wires also blamed By MARILYNN MARCHIONE mmarchione@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Chicago -- Doctors' cell phones and EKG wires are transmitting more than signals: New research suggests they can spread...

New stem cells free of animal germs Singapore lab uses human tissue to grow samples, something not funded in U.S. By MARILYNN MARCHIONE of the Journal Sentinel staff Monday, August 5, 2002 Scientists in Singapore have grown human embryonic stem...

   Located deep in the pelvis, one at each side of the uterus, the ovaries are a pair of organs in the female reproductive system. Each ovary is about the size and shape of an almond; they produce eggs and female hormones, estrogen and progesterone....

Death rates from cancer are continuing to decline but scientists have uncovered a surprising jump in cases of thyroid cancer. Overall cancer death rates declined 1.6 percent annually for men between 1993 and 2003 and 0.8 percent annually for women...