Browsing Department of Medical BioSciences by Subject "Heavy metals"
Now showing items 1-2 of 2
-
Evaluation of standard and development of new sperm function tests in selected primate species
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Male infertility in humans has increased in the last few decades and could be as high as 40%, while up to 50% of these men have ''unexplained'' (idiopathic) infertility. Although newly developed molecular techniques have ... -
The implementation of in vitro assays to screen environmental samples for male reproductive toxicity
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are exogenous compounds/chemicals which interfere with, or have adverse effects on the production, distribution and function of natural hormones, thereby affecting normal endocrine ...