This Is the Time to Become a Male: 8-14 Weeks of Pregnancy
	We all start as egg cells. And after being fertilized, based on the information of the sex chromosomes, the new developing organism must turn into a male or a female. A new research published in "Journal of Clinical Investigation" shows that testosterone, the male hormone, is responsible for turning an embryo into a male during a window of time before male genitalia begin to develop, and that impeding its action in that time peri ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sterile Men, More Likely to Lose Their B***s
	In a world contaminated with so many hormone mimicking chemicals, no wonder that sexual function in both men and women is affected. Stress is another main factor proved to be added to the increasing rates of couple sterility in the agitated western life style. And as if not being able to procreated was not enough, another blow given by a recent research: sterile men have an increased risk of experiencing testicular cancer. The co ... [read more >>]
	08 February 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Drinking Mothers Deliver Boys with Abnormal Testicles
	In almost half the cases, man is the cause of a couple's infertility. In the last 4 decades, male fertility has been plummeting in developed countries, with sperm count decreasing by 1.5 % annually in the US and 3% in Europe and Australia. This, combined with the tendency of later pregnancies (that is after a woman’s fertility peak has passed) in Western populations, results in increasingly more couples having difficulties in conceivi ... [read more >>]
	10 October 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Testicles Will Save the Brain
	The same factor that makes testicles produce millions of sperms daily can lead to their employment as a source of stem cells in treatments against severe conditions, like Alzheimer's (senile dementia), Parkinson's, stroke, diabetes and certain cancers. A team at the Weill Cornell Medical College has managed to extract early-stage sperm cells from mice, which later developed into cells capable of forming various tissues. Still ... [read more >>]
	21 September 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stronger Sperm, Mutant Children
	Sperm competition can go really wild, and sometimes, the race for fertilizing an egg goes beyond natural selection. This seems to explain the higher than normal rate of a mutation that stops skull growth and induces joined fingers and toes, as the same mutation also spurs the division rhythm of the cells that form sperms. One in every 70,000 children is born with the Apert syndrome, translated into fused bones in the head, hands and fe ... [read more >>]
	31 August 2007, 14:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Hope for Hermaphrodites
	There are increasingly more cases in which the inner sexual feelings do not march the external sex. And it's not merely about homosexuals. There are also numerous cases of ambiguous genitalia in humans, about 1: 4500 births. "It is usually the first question new parents are asked – is it a boy or a girl? But when it is not possible to determine a baby's sex it is upsetting for families and raises questions about whether t ... [read more >>]
	25 July 2007, 14:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Testicle Made Vaccine Against Ovarian Cancer
	What would women do without men in their lives? The vital role of the men in saving women is proven by a new research showing how a protein from testes protects women against a recurrence of ovarian cancer... These are the results of an early stage clinical trial checking a therapeutic vaccine against the illness. This vaccine could boost the body's immune system, also fighting against the recurrence of ovarian tumors. The vaccine ... [read more >>]
	24 July 2007, 08:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia