The entire topic of gonadal germ cell tumors is a vast one, and accordingly, because of space constraints, the emphasis here is necessarily on selected difficult, newly appreciated, or controversial ...

In this phase 2 study, researchers aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of tyrosine kinase inhibition in relapsed or refractory germ cell tumors.

Every now and then we’re reminded by a new study that public places are completely covered with bacteria (and then we try not to vom handling grocery carts and restaurant menus). Out comes the ol’ ...

If you've ever had a head of garlic sit out too long, you may have noticed small, green shoots coming out of the cloves. These little sprouts are known as garlic germs. While you might think to throw ...

Everyday objects can have unexpectedly large numbers of germs. Oct. 26, 2008 -- Almost every medical or microbe expert in the world will cheerfully tell you the same thing: germs are everywhere, ...

Mammalian oocytes utilize a conserved combination of cell cycle control, cytoskeletal organization, and polarity pathways that are fundamentally shared with other vertebrates and invertebrates.

Scientists have challenged a long held belief about the way certain species of vertebrates evolved. They found that genes evolve more rapidly in species containing germ plasm. The results came about ...

The chromatoid body, a unique cloud-like structure of male germ cells, moves dynamically in the cytoplasm of haploid spermatids, but its function has remained elusive for decades. Recent findings ...

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