Male fertility: Is spermiogenesis the critical step for answering biomedical issues?

Baptissart, Marine; Vega, Aurélie; Martinot, Emmanuelle; Volle, David H.

Male fertility: Is spermiogenesis the critical step for answering biomedical issues?

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Authors

Baptissart, Marine

Vega, Aurélie

Martinot, Emmanuelle

Volle, David H.

Issue Date

2013-04-01

Type

Article

Language

en_US

Keywords

Female Infertility , Spermatogenesis , Spermiogenesis , Contraception

Abstract

Regarding male fertility, biomedical issues have opposite goals to treat infertility or develop contraceptive drugs. Recently, the identification of the molecular mechanisms involved in germ cell differentiation suggest that spermiogenesis has to be put at the crossroad to reach these goals. Concerning fertility issues, citizens in our modern world are schizophrenic. On one side, couples have the possibility to control conception; and on the other side, more and more couples suffer from the misfortune of being infertile. These two societal problems lead to intensive research and conflicting government policies. However, these opposing goals rely on a better understanding of germ cell differentiation.

Citation

Baptissart, M., Vega, A., Martinot, E., & Volle, D. H. (2013). Male fertility: Is spermiogenesis the critical step for answering biomedical issues?. Spermatogenesis, 3(2), e24114. https://doi.org/10.4161/spmg.24114

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Spermatogenesis