Scientists Tried to Age Young Ovaries with Old Microbes but Accidentally Made Them More Fertile (ZME Science)

ZME Science featured research led by Berenice Benayoun on how fecal transplants from older to younger mice improved ovarian health and fertility. “Our original hypothesis was that we would see damaging effects of the older microbiome on ovarian function, but surprisingly, we found the opposite,” Min Hoo Kim, the study’s first author, said in a statement.