2024-02-25 10:32:51
By Elisa Doré
Published on 02/21/2024 at 12:11, Updated 6 hours ago
Once ejaculated, the sperm must pass through the female reproductive tract to reach the mature egg and fertilize it. koya979 – stock.adobe.com
The effects of even mild stimulation on gametes have been shown to be spectacular in the laboratory. Could this lead to new avenues for treating male infertility?
Infertility is a major public health problem that affects more than 3 million French people, according to the report by Professor Samir Hamamah, head of the reproductive biology department at Montpellier University Hospital and president of the French Federation for the Study of Reproduction (FFER). In France and elsewhere in the world, one in six people encounter difficulties having a child. This trend is explained above all by increasingly later procreation, but it is also influenced by a set of societal, genetic, environmental (endocrine disruptors, etc.) and behavioral factors (smoking, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, etc.). ), still very poorly understood. In this context, the Head of State recently announced a « big plan to fight infertility ».
Although the decline in female fertility is perhaps more often highlighted, male infertility remains the cause of childbearing difficulties in one in three cases. Indeed, since the 1970s, the quality…
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