{"id":240905,"date":"2026-07-15T05:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-extend-fertility-in-mice"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:06:18","slug":"scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-extend-fertility-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-extend-fertility-in-mice","title":{"rendered":"Scientists May Have Found a Way to Extend Fertility in Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-extend-fertility-in-mice.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As ovaries age, their supporting tissue becomes stiffer, and slowing that process may be key to extending fertility.<\/p>\n<p>The space between cells isn\u2019t just an empty void: it\u2019s more like a jelly bath, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anireprosci.2025.108029\">rich with proteins and other molecules<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1933719107309818\">support the cells<\/a> suspended within.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also the medium through which important chemical and mechanical signals are transmitted between cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As ovaries age, their supporting tissue becomes stiffer, and slowing that process may be key to extending fertility. The space between cells isn\u2019t just an empty void: it\u2019s more like a jelly bath, rich with proteins and other molecules that support the cells suspended within. It\u2019s also the medium through which important chemical and mechanical [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}