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Reproductive Biology
Research on multiple vs. single births may offer new approaches for infertility
April 28th, 2005
The multiple "litter" births of mice, versus the normal singleton pregnancy of humans, is due to defective processing in mice of a common mammalian protein called bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP-15), according to new study by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine researchers. Published online the week of April 4, 2005, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and appearing in the journal's April 12, 2005 print edition, the study provides one of the first insights into the physiological mechanisms responsible for multiple births and suggests a potential therapeutic target for infertility and contraception. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-28)
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