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Scientists seem to have unlocked the key to human fertility
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Thursday, August 06, 2009 |
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Scientists at Leeds and Bradford have found a unique ‘DNA signature’ in human sperm, which may perhaps operate as a key that unlocks an egg’s fertility thereby stimulating new life.
Drs David Miller and David Iles from the University of Leeds, in partnership with Dr Martin Brinkworth at the University of Bradford, have discovered that sperm marks a DNA signature which could only be recognized by an egg from the same species. Apparently, this permits fertilization. Also, it may even elucidate how a species grows its own exclusive genetic identity.
Read more: http://www.healthjockey.com/2009/08/04/scientists-seem-to-have-unlocked-the-key-to-human-fertility/
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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Scientists at Leeds and Bradford have found a unique ‘DNA signature’ in human sperm, which may perhaps operate as a key that unlocks an egg’s fertility thereby stimulating new life.
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