{"id":33289,"date":"2020-08-27T08:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T22:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utter-drop.flywheelsites.com\/?post_type=hdsn_news_post&p=33289"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:01:22","slug":"male-fertility-and-testicular-cancer","status":"publish","type":"hdsn_news_post","link":"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/news\/male-fertility-and-testicular-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"More clues discovered to male fertility and testicular cancer causes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A discovery by Hudson Institute researchers has shed more light on the causes of testicular cancer<\/a> and male infertility<\/a> \u2013 and provided a potential new target for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Professor Kate Loveland<\/a> said the discovery has important implications for boosting male fertility, and for treating men with testicular cancer, especially those who experience a relapse and poor prognosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study is the first to document the importance of a cell signalling pathway\u2014crucial for embryonic development\u2014to male fertility and testis cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead researcher, Prof Loveland said the pathway\u2014called WNT signalling\u2014plays an active role during sperm development, and is also present in precursor tumour cells that turn into cancerous cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Loveland said the discovery, published in the journal Andrology<\/a>, was crucial to better understand rising infertility and testicular cancer rates, and developing treatments to combat these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiscovering the fundamental processes required to make healthy sperm is essential knowledge for reversing the increasing frequency of infertility and testicular cancer,\u201d Prof Loveland said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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