Researchers confirmed that sperm accumulate mutations over the years, increasing the risk of transmitting diseases to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. UCLA researchers have reprogrammed a special class of adult stem cells ...

Infertility affects approximately 1 in 6 people in their lifetime worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Infertility —as defined by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine ...

(Philadelphia, PA) – Mice lacking a special protein found only in germ-line cells results in infertility in both males and females, according to a new study from researchers at the University of ...

The disposable soma theory is a central tenet of the biology of aging where germline immortality comes at the cost of an aging soma [T. B. L. Kirkwood, Nature 270, 301–304 (1977); T. B. L. Kirkwood, ...

Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that predominantly affect adolescents and young adults. Notably, geographical disparities in GCT incidence exist, with higher rates ...