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Dawn of the unisex contraceptive pill? Scientists discover what powers sperm towards an egg, paving the way to cut off its energy supply
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Conversely, a drug that enhances this power supply could help infertile couples have children of their own, suggests the National Institutes of Health-funded study.

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Sperm discovery could mean new fertility treatments
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Scientists say they have discovered the crucial mechanism which causes reproduction, which could lead to the development of new fertility treatments or a contraceptive pill which could be taken by either gender. A new discovery could mean a unisex …

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Should You Consider Sperm DNA Integrity Testing? Maybe, Maybe Not Yet
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Among those are tests of sperm and embryos that may better predict and therefore improve outcomes such as sperm DNA integrity testing. Many don't realize that male infertility can affect all aspects of having a baby including getting pregnant, normal …

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Sperm whale washed up on Hunstanton beach from the North Sea fights for life
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The 30-tonne mammal was found beached at Hunstanton in Norfolk today where another whale was found dead on January 23.

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Tragic pictures show three dead sperm whales washed up on UK beach hours after another was caught in a low tide and died 
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The whales were washed up on the Lincolnshire coast this morning after another sperm whale was found caught on rocks off the coast in Norfolk.

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Workers haul away the carcasses of beached sperm whales in Germany
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Clean-up has begun on the island of Wangerooge, off the northern coast of Germany, after two sperm whales were stranded on its beaches earlier this week.

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Sperm Donor Ray Tonna's heartache as unknown daughter dies after first meeting
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The first time Ray Tonna met his 30-year-old daughter Narelle Grech he was overcome with emotion and knew immediately that he loved her but their time together cut tragically short.

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Lesbian couple celebrate twin boys after using sperm from Kenzie Kilpatrick
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Rebecca and Vikki Lomax of Bolton didn’t think having a family would be possible until they came across Kenzie Kilpatrick, 26, who had set up a Facebook page offering his services.

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Gene Editing Boosts The Efficiency Of Sperm Replacement Cells
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Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, they showed that AG-haESCs carrying deletions in the differentially DNA methylated regions controlling two paternally repressed imprinted genes, H19 and Gtl2, led to a higher rate successful SC pup birth.

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William Marotta, defendant in Shawnee County sperm donor case, submits to …
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A prolonged legal battle to try to avoid DNA testing ended Friday morning in a Shawnee County courtroom when William Marotta put a Q-Tip in his mouth, rubbed it along the inside of his left cheek and returned it to the woman giving the test. But …

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