Egg meets sperm: The female side of the story
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 12:40
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have been able to describe the 3D structure of a complete egg receptor that binds sperm at the beginning of fertilisation. The results, published in the journal Cell, will lead to better understanding of infertility and may enable entirely new types of contraceptives...