Life Sciences
Studies from F. Bonilla and co-researchers yield new data on life sciences
Published in Medical Device Business Week, December 31st, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Activation of amphibian oocytes by sperm extracts' new findings in life sciences. "In the fertilization of most animals, egg activation is accompanied by an increase in cytoplasmatic Ca2+; however, the mechanism through which the fertilizing sperm induce this phenomenon is still controversial. An increase in intracellular free Ca2+ is required to trigger egg activation events, a process that includes cortical granule exocytosis, resumption and completion of meiosis and DNA replication, and culminates in the first mitotic cleavage," scientists writing in the journal Zygote report.
"In this work, we investigated the effect of microinjection...
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