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Marijuana May Cause Infertility In Men, But New Findings May Mean Treatment

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 11, 2016 07:03 AM EDT

Marijuana may actually disrupt fertility in males. Now, though, researchers believe that they can use this information in order to develop new treatments for male infertility.

Brad Pitt Offered To Donate Sperm So Melissa Etheridge Could Parent Kids With Partner

By R. Siva Kumar - Mar 29, 2016 11:12 AM EDT

Brad Pitt was a good friend of Melissa Etheridge. She considered taking Pitt's offer to donate sperm so that she could bring up her children with her then-partner, Julie Cypher, in the late 1990s.

Snake Gives Birth, Sans Sperm

By Peter R - Sep 20, 2015 12:54 PM EDT

The virgin birth was documented at at Missouri's Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. The female snake did it second year in a row. The offspring did not however survive this year.

Newly Discovered Gene Decides Whether To Make Germ Cells Sperm Or Eggs

By Kamal Nayan - Jun 13, 2015 03:08 AM EDT

Researchers have discovered a new gene that takes a call whether to make germ cells sperm or eggs.

First Semen Release is Sperm Loaded, Most Potent for Assisted Pregnancy: Study

By Peter R - May 28, 2015 09:05 AM EDT

Researchers found that first fraction was rich in sperm with fewer sperm DNA fragmentation.

Inventors of Powerful Gene Modification Technique Urge Against its Use

By Peter R - Mar 22, 2015 09:24 AM EDT

The technique called CRISPR-Cas9, can be used to modify human egg, sperm and embryos.

A New Contraceptive For Dudes Now

By R. Siva Kumar - Feb 15, 2015 01:26 PM EST

There is some interesting new research that promises to level the contraceptive field.

Researchers Show How Stem Cells can be Turned into Egg and Sperm

By Peter R - Dec 25, 2014 02:18 PM EST

Researchers created sperm and egg precursors from human stem cells.

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