Testis

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill professors James Tsuruta and Paul Dayton won one of 78 awards the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored under their “Grand Challenges Exploration”-a program to encourage highly innovative healthcare solutions for third world countries.  Tsuruta and Dayton’s two page proposal outlined a method for using ultrasound to deplete the testis of sperm cells.  The award will allow them to pursue the safety and efficacy of the idea.       MORE

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