• Question: What do you fid intersting about womens eggs ?

    Asked by showlett to Vicki, Greg on 25 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Greg FitzHarris answered on 25 Jun 2010:

      Hi there,
      Its a good question, with an odd answer… am a ‘cell biologist’ at heart — my favourite thing is staring down the microscope at cells. The egg is one big beautiful, and very unusual cell…. and thats how i got interested in it. Once you start reading about eggs you realise that understanding them is very important for understandin infertility. But i actually got into eggs just because they are such a beautiful cell (i know that sounds waaay geeky!)

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      Vicki Onions answered on 25 Jun 2010:

      showlett – i find it interesting how closely they “talk” with the cells around them while they are growing – i also think its amazing how they are fertilised at all – there are so many things that could go wrong – the egg and sperm have to meet at the right time, they have to connect in the right way etc etc and then how the whole body grows from 2 single cells fusing is mind-boggling!

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