fertility
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This On-Off Switch For Sperm Could Lead To Better Male Birth Control
Researchers have just found an on-off switch for sperm movement. This has the potential to help men who are infertile, but it also has the potential to help all men. It could be an effective form of male birth control.
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Scientists Squeeze Fertilised Eggs Like Ripe Fruit To See How Viable They Are
Just like a supermarket avocado, the squishiness of fertilised human eggs could hint at how healthy and viable their embryos are — which would be a huge benefit for the millions of in-vitro fertilisation babies now being born worldwide.
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Menopause May Be Why You Want A Romantic Relationship
Menopause is one of the oddest features of human reproductive biology. Not the hot flashes or the forgetfulness, but the fact that older women lose the ability to have babies. Now researchers say that once it appeared, menopause may have had a ripple effect on human mating that helped create the human pair-bond.
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Only About 2000 Babies Have Been Born Using Cryogenic Egg-Freezing
Egg freezing is about as hot as a women’s reproductive topic can get. But it’s also extremely rare: Only about 2000 humans currently populating the planet can thank this method for their existence. It’s a number that’s surprisingly low for a procedure that’s being so heavily hyped by HR departments and fertility specialists alike.