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- Relationship to Diabetes
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MUMBAI: Diabetic men are twice as likely to suffer from DNA damage to sperms than healthy individuals, an ongoing study by Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre has revealed. The study also showed that diabetes significantly reduced sperm count and affected the movement and appearance of sperm.
Doctors said the findings are worrying, especially when India has emerged as the diabetes capital of the world. Also, with diabetes affecting more and more young people in the country, the study has sent alarm bells ringing.
The study found that diabetic men were nearly three times more likely to suffer from sperm apoptosis? self-destruction of a cell due to break-up of the DNA?than healthy individuals.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ges-DNA-in-men-Study/articleshow/18551019.cms
Doctors said the findings are worrying, especially when India has emerged as the diabetes capital of the world. Also, with diabetes affecting more and more young people in the country, the study has sent alarm bells ringing.
The study found that diabetic men were nearly three times more likely to suffer from sperm apoptosis? self-destruction of a cell due to break-up of the DNA?than healthy individuals.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ges-DNA-in-men-Study/articleshow/18551019.cms