Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Endometriosis occurs when tissue that lines the inside of the uterus (womb) grows ...

Yet, the existence of these cells in the endometrium puzzled Caroline Gargett, a biologist at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research who has studied this tissue for nearly three decades. “When I got ...

Y our uterus, which, on average, is about the size of an apple, is designed to expand during pregnancy to house a growing ...

The pain from endometriosis, which affects an estimated one in 10 Americans born female, can be terrible. Some people are ...

3D image of normal human endometrium tissue. The endometrial glands form a complex network near the bottom of the endometrium. The horizontally expanding plexus morphology of the basal glands in ...

Researchers develop non-invasive test to detect early stages of endometriosis, a prevalent medical disorder affecting women ...

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Endometrial polyps are small, soft growths on the lining of the uterus (the endometrium). Also known as uterine polyps, endometrial polyps can irritate the surrounding tissue and cause spotting or ...

Endometriosis happens when the tissue that normally grows inside your uterus grows outside of it instead. This misplaced tissue often attaches itself to the ovaries, fallopian tubes, bowel or bladder.

Light spotting after menopause can be caused by a few different things, including non-cancerous polyps, vaginal dryness, or excess growth of the tissue that lines the uterus. Less common causes ...

we are interested in evaluating the underlying molecular mechanism of the functions of autophagy related proteins in endometrial tissue development and in delineating their autophagy and non-autophagy ...