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In blood and saliva, mutations increase with age, but in oocytes, harmful mutations with high frequencies were rarer and more evenly distributed elsewhere, suggesting a form of natural quality control.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The researchers produced 82 functional human oocytes, or immature egg cells, which then underwent fertilization in the lab.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Researchers compared oocytes, or unfertilized egg cells, from a control group with a group of patients who tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana that causes a high.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Also, the researchers couldn’t trace each affected pup back to its exact oocyte (precursor to an egg) donor because eggs were pooled.
—New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The researchers produced 82 functional human oocytes, or immature egg cells, which then underwent fertilization in the lab.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Researchers compared oocytes, or unfertilized egg cells, from a control group with a group of patients who tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana that causes a high.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Also, the researchers couldn’t trace each affected pup back to its exact oocyte (precursor to an egg) donor because eggs were pooled.
—New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Oocyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oocyte. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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oocyte
noun
oo·cyte
ˈō-ə-ˌsīt 
: an egg before maturation : a female gametocyte
called also ovocyte
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