From: ScienceDaily: Fertility News
Two independent groups of researchers have identified distinct
roles for two proteins in a family of proteins known as PLA2s as
crucial for sperm function and fertility in mice. These data
identify proteins that could underlie causes of human infertility
and provide potential targets for the development of new
contraceptive agents and new approaches to treating infertility.
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