News tagged with female infertility


Team reports hormone disorder drug could help drinkers stay sober

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and ...





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Researchers identify hundreds of genes controlling female fertility

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 22, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found nearly 350 genes related to female fertility. Their research may open the door to much wider study in the poorly understood field of infertility.


Researchers find gene mutation that causes infertility in male mice

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 11, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Up to 15 percent of couples of childbearing age struggle with the heartache of infertility. Now there is the promise of new hope with Cornell researchers' identification of a mutation in a gene that causes male infertility ...


Researchers identify first sex chromosome gene involved in meiosis and male infertility

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 14, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A team of scientists led by University of Pennsylvania veterinary researchers have identified a gene, TEX11, located on the X chromosome, which when disrupted in mice renders the males sterile and reduces female fecundity. ...


Infertility and the battle of the sexes

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

About 10% of all couples hoping for a baby have fertility problems. Environmentalists say pollution is to blame and psychiatrists point to our stressful lifestyles, but evolutionary biologist Dr. Oren Hasson of Tel Aviv University's ...


Evolutionary phenomenon in mice may explain human infertility

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created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that field mice have evolved a unique way of ensuring faster fertilisation, a phenomenon which could explain some cases of infertility in humans.


Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive

Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A newly discovered genetic abnormality that appears to prevent some men from conceiving children could be the key for developing a male contraceptive, according to University of Iowa researchers reporting ...


Variety is the spice of life: too many males, too little time...

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created Apr 23, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Female Australian painted dragon lizards are polyandrous, that is, they mate with as many males as they can safely get access to. This promiscuous behaviour is often found in species where male quality is dubious and there ...


Double identities lie behind chromosome disorders

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 08, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Chromosome disorders in sex cells cause infertility, miscarriage and irregular numbers of chromosomes (aneuploidy) in neonates. A new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics shows ...


X-Effect: Female Chromosome Confirmed a Prime Driver of Speciation

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created Oct 11, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Rochester believe they have just confirmed a controversial theory of evolution. The X chromosome is a strikingly powerful force in the origin of new species.


Researchers identify gene with possible link to infertility in mice

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified the role of a gene in regulating molecular signals involved with ovarian follicle development, which may one day help shed light on some of the causes of fertility ...



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