A Glasgow scientist working in Finland has found that some cases of male infertility may be caused by a gene defect which could rob the sperm of power.

Professor Howy Jacobs, a Molecular Geneticist in the University's Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, has undertaken the research while on a secondment to the University of Tampere, Finland.

For further details see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1618000/1618138.stm

and http://www.uta.fi

and http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/molgen

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First published: 26 October 2001