How sperm meets the egg
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23-11-2010 19:12
Researchers in Sweden have cracked the mysteries behind the fusion of egg and sperm at the beginning of fertilisation, using protein crystallography at the ESRF.
The findings may explain causes of infertility, according to the researchers, and potentially could lead to the design of non-hormonal contraceptives specifically targeting egg-sperm interaction.
The experiment was particularly well covered by media in Sweden, home to the Karolinska Institutet where Luca Jovine, the corresponding author, works, and in Italy, his home country.
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