Defective Sperm Cells Inside The Body Tagged By Quality Control Mechanism

Defective sperm cells do not pass through the body unnoticed. A new University of Missouri study provides evidence that the body recognizes and tags defective sperm cells while they undergo maturation in the epididymis, a sperm storage gland attached to the testis. According to researchers, only the best sperm that have the highest chance of succeeding in fertilization will survive the production process without a “tag.

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Filed under: Fertility on January 29th, 2008