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Jeannine
10-05-2009, 01:35 PM
Making Use of Stem Cells as a Means of Treating Male Infertility

A recently conducted survey has revealed that it might be possible to treat male infertility through the use of bone marrow stem cells. The research conducted, which was published in an issue of ?The American Journal of Pathology?, showed that when stem cells of bone marrow were transplanted into the testis of a male, there was the potential for overcoming testicular failure.

Under normal circumstances, when a couple tries to conceive a child, but is unable to do so, it is more often than not the male who is responsible. Due to differentiation and proliferation of the germ cells or even due to any type of dysfunction from supporting cells, a male might experience infertility. The research study which was carried out under the direction of Dr. Ronald S. Swerdloff, was undertaken with the intention of replacing nonfunctioning germ or other cells with stem cells.

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