Hope for infertile men; mice could hold the secret

(The Company of Biologists) Male infertility affects around 8-12% of men globally, with over 20 million cases known. Now, researchers at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China, led by Na Li and Ling Sun, may be able to offer infertile men a glimpse of hope, after discovering a new protein that controls male fertility in mice. These findings, published in the journal Development, pinpoint a new potential target to treat the underlying causes of male infertility in humans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news