News articles tagged with 'testis'
Brain gene makes a female develop as a male
— 3 Jan 2011 16:38 | HealthAustralian scientists have discovered that changes to a gene involved in brain development can lead to testis formation and male genitalia in an otherwise female embryo…
Faulty gene linked to disorders of sexual development
— 3 Dec 2010 17:38 | HealthScientists have discovered that the alteration of a single gene could cause some male embryos to develop as females…
Early-life exposure to BPA may affect testis function in adulthood
— 22 Jun 2010 11:46 | HealthExposure to environmental levels of the industrial chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, in the womb and early life may cause long-lasting harm to testicular function, according to a new study…
Johns Hopkins researchers make stem cells from developing sperm
— 7 Aug 2009 07:56 | HealthThe promise of stem cell therapy may lie in uncovering how adult cells revert back into a primordial, stem cell state, whose fate is yet to be determined. Now, cell scientists at the…
Human adult testes cells can become embryonic-like
— 24 Mar 2009 17:52 | HealthUsing what they say is a relatively simple method, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Centre have extracted stem/progenitor cells from testes and have converted them back into…
Stem cell chicken and egg debate moves to unlikely arena - the testes
— 21 Jul 2008 11:31 | BiologyLogic says it has to be the niche. As air and water preceded life, so the niche, that hospitable environment that shelters adult stem cells in many tissues and provides factors necessary…
Mutant testis cells behind genetic disorder have survival advantage
— 15 Jul 2008 15:46 | HealthIn a cruel irony, testis cells carrying the mutation that causes Apert's syndrome are fitter than normal cells, even though children born from sperm derived from those cells are weakened…
Mouse ovaries and testes age in unique ways
— 4 Jun 2008 21:59 | BiologyAgeing leads to large changes in gene activity in the ovaries of mice, but only limited changes in testes, according to research published in the open-access journal, BMC Biology. A…
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