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COVID-19 potentially has negative impacts on male fertility

[ad_1] A review recently posted on Journal of Medical Virology discussed some of the effects infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can have on male fertility. In the paper, Cemile Seymen of the Gazi University Institute of Health Sciences, …

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The mysterious molecule in the bacteria turns out to be a guard

[ad_1] IMAGE: Top row: E coli bacteria containing a retron rupture membranes in the cell approximately 15 minutes after infection (center) Red reveals holes in the membranes as cells die. (Right) … view More Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science In many species of bacteria there are peculiar hybrid structures called …

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