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Montana State University’s Reijo-Pera and team: Stem cell research holds promise for male infertility

May 2, 2014 /

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A Montana State University researcher and her co-researchers are receiving international attention for showing that skin cells from infertile men can be used to create the precursors of sperm – research that holds promise for treating male infertility.

The teams’ work published on May 1 in Cell Reports has been reported on by England’s Guardian, Telegraph, and Independent newspapers as well as National Public Radio and many U.S. science news outlets.

The team took skin cells from men who suffer from a genetic disorder, known as azoospermia, which prevents them from producing sperm. Those skin cells were then turned into stem cells, specifically, induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSC. Like other stem cells, iPSC have the ability to become any other type of cell.

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/news/12625/reijo-pera-and-team-stem-cell-research-holds-promise-for-male-infertility

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