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A picture of white sperm cells moving towards the left side on a pinkish background. Centriole defects lead to improper flagellum formation in sperm, causing infertility.
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Ultrastructure expansion microscopy revealed that defective centrioles hinder sperm motility by impeding flagellum formation in mice, contributing to infertility.

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A Cellular Roadmap for Fertility

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Specialized Sperm Ribosomes Are Key to Male Fertility in Mice

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Opinion: The Reproductive Technology Advances No One Asked For

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In Vivo Gene Therapy Cures Infertility in Mice

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Rat Sperm Generated from Stem Cells

Opinion: Treating Infertility as a Disease

A New View of My Own Past

Women’s Cervical Mucus Prefers Some Sperm Over Others 

Single-Cell Analysis of Ovarian Cortex Fails to Find Stem Cells

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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