Medical research
First steps toward male infertility treatment
Scientists from the University of Dundee believe they have taken the first steps towards developing drugs to treat infertile men.
Mar 28, 2017
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News tagged with male infertility
Oncology & Cancer
Study describes drug that could prevent infertility in cancer patients
A new study led by Brian Hermann, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), shows promising evidence that a medication previously used to prevent infections in cancer patients can also ...
Feb 13, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Men have a lot to learn about their own fertility
The first large-scale study of its kind has revealed that Canadian men generally lack knowledge about the risk factors contributing to male infertility. Research led by Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz, head of psychosocial research ...
Nov 22, 2016
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Genetics
Study reveals gene's role in male infertility
A Virginia Commonwealth University-led research team has opened a fresh direction in the field of male infertility with a new study that examines the role of a particular gene in the formation of sperm flagella, which is ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Genetics
Researchers find fertility genes required for sperm stem cells
The underlying cause of male infertility is unknown for 30 percent of cases. In a pair of new studies, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine determined that the reproductive homeobox (RHOX) ...
Sep 27, 2016
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Medical research
Opioids regulate spermatozoon formation
Infertility has become a major medical and social problem worldwide and due in part to male infertility. Yet the molecular mechanisms involved in spermatogenesis are only now beginning to emerge. A piece of research led by ...
Jun 9, 2016
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Medical research
'Marijuana receptor' might hold the key to new fertility treatments for men
In a research report appearing in the April 2016 issue of The FASEB Journal, scientists show that a cannabinoid receptor, called "CB2," helps regulate the creation of sperm. Not only does this provide more evidence that marijuana ...
Apr 8, 2016
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Medical research
Preventing sperm's 'power kick' could be key to unisex contraceptive
University of California, Berkeley, biologists have discovered the switch that triggers the power kick sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg, uncovering a possible source of male infertility but also a potential ...
Mar 17, 2016
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Medical research
Researchers link 'housekeeping' gene with male infertility
Researchers at Iowa State University have found evidence that a "housekeeping" gene present in every cell of the body may have a link to male infertility.
Feb 3, 2016
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Health
Infertile men have a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, study finds
Men diagnosed with infertility have a higher risk of developing other general health ailments, including diabetes, ischemic heart disease, alcohol abuse and drug abuse, compared with fertile men, according to a study by researchers ...
Dec 7, 2015
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