New hormonal and device-based methods could soon make male contraception reliable and reversible, offering alternatives to ...

A common acne drug, isotretinoin, may help restore sperm production in infertile men, offering new fertility hope.

The chromosomes of sperm cells are tightly packaged into a complex of DNA and protamines. Converting the chromatin from a nucleohistone to a nucleoprotamine structure may serve both biophysical and ...

New research reveals that one in 50 sperm samples from healthy men in their early 30s carries disease-causing mutations.

THE development of life on Earth means that every living organism is related to every other.Whatever the pair of organisms, ...

The EMBO Journal publishes papers describing original research of broad general interest in molecular and cell biology - a particular emphasis is placed on molecular mechanism and physiological ...