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In the study, published in the journal Cell, researchers were able to not only break down the entire genome of the sperm, but they were also able to gain insight into how exactly the DNA of the mother and the father come together to create the genes of a child. “Once we get our understanding of these [DNA processes that were discovered in the study], we can map them and see how they change as a man ages,” said study co-author Barry Behr, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of Stanford’s in vitro fertilization laboratory, to FoxNews.com “We could map these in healthy versus unhealthy people. We could map these in fertile and infertile people, and really get a better understanding as to what the fundamental makeup of a good sperm versus a bad sperm is.” This groundbreaking study provides the scientific community with extremely valuable information which will greatly improve our knowledge of the male reproductive system, which right now is several decades behind the current research progress for female fertility. |
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