New MAIA protein, named after the Greek goddess of motherhood, helps to draw the sperm into the egg cytoplasm for completion of fertilisation Infertility is unexplained in more than half of people who ...

The protein, named Maia after the Greek goddess of motherhood, appears to be involved in the fusion of sperm and eggs A fundamental step in human fertilisation has been discovered by researchers who ...

00:01, Tue, May 3, 2016 Updated: 13:20, Tue, May 3, 2016 1. May is generally thought to have been named after Maia, the Greek goddess of fertility. 2. The Roman poet Ovid had another idea: May, he ...

A new protein, named MAIA after the Greek goddess of motherhood, could be crucial in helping doctors better understand some aspects of infertility and develop novel treatments. Currently, infertility ...