Science news articles about 'human infertility'

... in an evolutionary arms race, he reports in a new study. And the fight isn't over yet. "The rate of human infertility is higher than we should expect it to be," says Dr. Hasson. "By ...

... at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center) is required for reproduction; mutations in the gene produce human infertility. So when leptin binds with its receptor on brain cells, it turns on TORC1, ...

... of ZP3 that is important for its ability to polymerize could help explaining cases of human infertility, as well as lead to the development of novel targeted, non-hormonal contraceptives. The research ...

... key regulator of reproductive function. Animals and humans lacking kisspeptin function do not go ... presents kisspeptin as a potential new therapy for human infertility. Researcher Dr Waljit Dhillo ...

... to mix and match their genes as a strategy for survival. "Errors during meiosis lead to age-related human infertility, and to birth defects such as Down syndrome and Klinefelter ...