For immediate release: October 22, 2010 Media contact: Kitta MacPherson, (609) 258-5729 Genetics work could lead to advances in fertility for women Princeton scientists have identified genes responsible for controlling reproductive life span in worms and found they may control genes regulating similar functions in humans. The work suggests that someday researchers may be able to develop ways to maintain fertility in humans, allowing women who want to delay having children to preserve that capacity and extend their reproduction, and to prevent maternal age-related birth defects. The research, led by Coleen Murphy, an assistant professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for...
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