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src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201605/r1561226_23446558.jpg" align="left" alt="">Crocodile sperm provides insights into male infertility</a></h4> <p class="item001 itemList"><span class="txdate">Wednesday, 4 May 2016</span><span class="description"><br><span class="slug">Infertility clues</span> Crocodile sperm is more like human sperm than scientists previously thought, according to new research that could help in the search for causes of male human infertility.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=animals">animals</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=reptiles">reptiles</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=news">news</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item002"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-29/genes-behind-increased-chance-of-non-identical-twins-identified/7368422?section=science"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201604/r1559531_23407980.jpg" align="left" alt="">Genes linked to increased chance of having non-identical twins identified</a></h4> <p class="item002 itemList"><span class="txdate">Friday, 29 April 2016</span><span class="description"><br><span class="slug">Twin genes</span> An international team of researchers has identified two genes that increase the chances of mothers having non-identical - or dizygotic - twins</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=genetics">genetics</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=news">news</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item003"><a href="/science/articles/2015/02/11/4177374.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201502/r1387493_19702038.jpg" align="left" alt="A study of obese mice suggests that damage to female egg cells may underlie multigenerational health problems - but that this process can be reversed">Obesity damage to mum's eggs passes to offspring</a></h4> <p class="item003 itemList"><span class="txdate">Wednesday, 11 February 2015</span><span class="description"><br>Australian scientists say they have unravelled a key mechanism in mice that may explain how obesity can be passed from a mother to her children.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=obesity">obesity</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item004"><a href="/science/articles/2013/09/25/3855899.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201309/r1178937_15056618.jpg" align="left" alt="Competition among women may be partly driven by smells ">Women 'smell' their competition</a></h4> <p class="item004 itemList"><span class="txdate">Wednesday, 25 September 2013</span><span class="description"><br>Just a whiff of a woman close to ovulation is enough to stimulate another woman's testosterone levels.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=anthropology-and-sociology">anthropology-and-sociology</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=sexuality">sexuality</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item005"><a href="/science/articles/2013/07/09/3798293.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201307/r1140083_14126289.jpg" align="left" alt="The mighty macrophage plays a key role in building up the corpus luteum, researchers have found ">Infertility linked to missing immune cells</a></h4> <p class="item005 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 9 July 2013</span><span class="description"><br>A lack of a particular type of immune system cell could explain why some women are infertile, suggest Australian researchers.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=pregnancy-and-childbirth">pregnancy-and-childbirth</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=reproductive-technology">reproductive-technology</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=adelaide-university-5005">adelaide-university-5005</a></span></p> <h4 class="item006"><a href="/science/articles/2013/07/03/3795195.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201307/r1138190_14088363.jpg" align="left" alt="The researchers analysed more than 2.5 million birth records from 1982 and 2007 ">Learning risk from IVF 'extremely small'</a></h4> <p class="item006 itemList"><span class="txdate">Wednesday, 3 July 2013</span><span class="description"><br>Couples who have certain types of fertility treatment have a higher chance of having a child with autism or learning difficulties - although the overall risk is still extremely small, say scientists.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=health">health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=autism-spectrum-disorder">autism-spectrum-disorder</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item007"><a href="/science/articles/2013/03/01/3700629.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201302/r1079849_12825109.jpg" align="left" alt="Safe sex: Rates of chlamydia are increasing ">Mini pill may increase chlamydia risk</a></h4> <p class="item007 itemList"><span class="txdate">Friday, 1 March 2013</span><span class="description"><br>The progesterone-only mini pill may increase a woman's chances of contracting chlamydia, Australian researchers say.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=sexual-health">sexual-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=vaccines-and-immunity">vaccines-and-immunity</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=university-of-newcastle-2308">university-of-newcastle-2308</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=monash-university-3800">monash-university-3800</a></span></p> <h4 class="item008"><a href="/science/articles/2013/02/05/3683507.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201302/r1068426_12585930.jpg" align="left" alt="Men who watched TV for 20 hours or more had a 44-percent lower sperm count than those who watched "none or almost none" ">Couch potatoes have lower sperm counts</a></h4> <p class="item008 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 5 February 2013</span><span class="description"><br>Men who watch television for 20 hours per week have almost half the sperm count of those who watch very little television or none at all.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=exercise-and-fitness">exercise-and-fitness</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item009"><a href="/science/articles/2012/10/05/3604025.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201210/r1014081_11443312.jpg" align="left" alt="A merged image of bright field and CFP fluorescence of the isolated GV oocytes">Stem cells used to make working eggs</a></h4> <p class="item009 itemList"><span class="txdate">Friday, 5 October 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Japanese researchers have used stem cells to create viable eggs in living mice.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=reproduction-and-contraception">reproduction-and-contraception</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=stem-cells">stem-cells</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=japan">japan</a></span></p> <h4 class="item010"><a href="/science/articles/2012/09/25/3597285.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201209/r1009529_11351709.jpg" align="left" alt="Eunuchs in the Chosun court served as guards and servants, gaining access to the privileged life of the palace ">The ultimate trade-off: Eunuchs live longer</a></h4> <p class="item010 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 25 September 2012</span><span class="description"><br>A study of eunuchs in Korea's royal court has found men without testicles live longer.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=health">health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=anatomy">anatomy</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=korea-republic-of">korea-republic-of</a></span></p> <h4 class="item011"><a href="/science/articles/2012/09/24/3596628.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201209/r1009145_11344668.jpg" align="left" alt="The reserach could lead to a drug that prevents premature menopause or infertility ">Mice give clues to protecting female fertility</a></h4> <p class="item011 itemList"><span class="txdate">Monday, 24 September 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Egg cells can repair themselves from damage caused by radiation far better than doctors ever thought.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=health">health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=reproduction-and-contraception">reproduction-and-contraception</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=australia">australia</a></span></p> <h4 class="item012"><a href="/science/articles/2012/08/17/3570033.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200912/r480516_2443839.jpg" align="left" alt="The compound appears to target a protein specific to the testes called BRDT that instructs sperm to mature ">Mouse study uncovers potential male pill</a></h4> <p class="item012 itemList"><span class="txdate">Friday, 17 August 2012<img src="/science/css/img/icon.audio.png" alt="Article has audio" title="This article has audio attached" class="hasAudio"></span><span class="description"><br>US researchers have stumbled upon a compound that may finally lead to a birth control pill for men.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=health">health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=reproduction-and-contraception">reproduction-and-contraception</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=united-states">united-states</a></span></p> <h4 class="item013"><a href="/science/articles/2012/06/25/3532281.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201206/r962783_10368508.jpg" align="left" alt="One possible reason is that the women are exposed to higher levels of circulating oestrogen during their cycles of IVF treatment ">IVF in young women tied to breast cancer</a></h4> <p class="item013 itemList"><span class="txdate">Monday, 25 June 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Women who go through IVF early in life are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to those who don't.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=breast-cancer">breast-cancer</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=cancer">cancer</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=reproduction-and-contraception">reproduction-and-contraception</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=fertility-and-infertility">fertility-and-infertility</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=australia">australia</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=university-of-western-australia-6009">university-of-western-australia-6009</a></span></p> <h4 class="item014"><a href="/science/articles/2012/05/25/3510440.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r947749_10087580.jpg" align="left" alt="A mutation in the protein leads to defects that affect the ability of the sperm to 'swim' and fertilise the egg ">Sperm-shaping protein plays role in infertility</a></h4> <p class="item014 itemList"><span class="txdate">Friday, 25 May 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Therapies to overcome infertility in men could result from the discovery by Australian scientists.</span><span class="tags"><br> 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