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Ovulation moment caught on camera

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Thursday, June 12, 2008 | 0 comments

Photo by news.bbc.co.uk
A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a routine operation.

Fertile women release one or more eggs every month, but until now, only animal ovulation has been recorded in detail.

Gynaecologist Dr Jacques Donnez spotted it in progress during a hysterectomy.

[The egg belongs] to a 45-year-old Belgian woman, and Dr Donnez, from the Catholic University of Louvain, told New Scientist that the pictures would help scientists understand the mechanisms involved.

Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7447942.stm

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