Gene May Yield 'Male Pill'

Discovery could also help some infertile men

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 3, 2009 1:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – A newly identified gene that causes a type of male infertility may be the key to eventually developing a male oral contraceptive pill, the Independent reports. The gene, CATSPER1, enables sperm to wriggle through the outside of an unfertilized egg. A drug that could switch... Read full story »

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