Sperm with bent tails point to possible male contraceptive.(BIOMEDICINE)

Population Briefs | May 1, 2005 | Copyright

New research on mice by scientists at the Population Council and Rockefeller University sheds light on male infertility. The findings, reported in the March issue of Developmental Cell, may also lay the groundwork for a reversible male contraceptive.

The Rockefeller University laboratory of Hermann Steller created mice that lack the gene septin 4. This gene is thought to be involved in apoptosis, the normal process that eliminates cells that are damaged, unwanted, or no longer needed. The mice were designed by postdoctoral fellow Holger Kissel to help with cancer ...

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