New experiments with the ubiquitous plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) show that it causes male deer mice to become demasculinized and behave more like females, leading the researchers to posit that daily exposure in the developed world could be reducing men’s reproductive fitness. BPA is an estrogen-like chemical that is a common component of plastics […]
Biologists from Brown University have found that eliminating germline stem cells (the cells that make eggs and sperm) lengthens the life of fruit flies and alters the insects’ insulin production. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers say their findings indicate that molecular signals from the reproductive system affect aging […]
Phthalates, widely used as plasticisers, have for some time been connected with rising infertility rates in men. These substances are relatively common and are considered highly hazardous to human health because they disrupt the hormonal balance and impair reproduction and development. What has not been clear up to now is the amount of phthalates that […]
