New insights into a sophisticated process that protects sperm cells has revealed a mechanism, similar to an immune system, ...

Researchers have uncovered a complex biological process that protects germ cells, the precursor cells to sperm, from genetic ...

(BOSTON) — More than one-sixth of adults around the world experience infertility in their lifetime. There is a high unmet need not only for increased access to affordable, high-quality fertility care ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...

Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells, in a remarkable demonstration of how quickly the field of stem-cell ...

A new study shows that lab-grown sperm cells can be derived from stem cells. July 9, 2009 — -- The face of infertility-- in literature, in the media, in advocacy groups -- is so predominantly ...

Researchers often use a nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) to study human genetics .. | Cell And ...