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Human Testicles Contain Endocannabinoid System Components
Human Testicles Contain Endocannabinoid System Components
Proteins that synthesize, bind, and degrade endocannabinoids are present in the body’s sperm factories, suggesting that the use of cannabis may directly affect them.
Proteins that synthesize, bind, and degrade endocannabinoids are present in the body’s sperm factories, suggesting that the use of cannabis may directly affect them.
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Study: Zika Shrinks Testicular Tissue in Mice
Bob Grant | Feb 23, 2017 | 1 min read
The virus may persist in testes even after the infection is no longer detectable in blood, leading to sexual transmission of the disease and fertility impairments.
Book Excerpt from Testosterone Rex
Cordelia Fine | Dec 31, 2016 | 4 min read
In Chapter 6, “The Hormonal Essence of the T-Rex?” author Cordelia Fine considers the biological dogma that testes, and the powerful hormones they exude, are the root of all sexual inequality.
Highly Cited Stem Cell Paper Pulled
Kerry Grens | Aug 5, 2014 | 1 min read
The authors of a 2008 Nature paper have retracted it after new data watered down the conclusions.
Lab-Grown Primordial Sperm
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | May 2, 2014 | 2 min read
Scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into immature sperm cells.