Izumo and Juno: Sperm-egg secret unscrambled (via AFP)

Scientists said Wednesday they had made the long-sought discovery of how sperm latches onto an egg in the very first spark of reproduction, the outcome of a near decade-long hunt. The find opens up avenues for new contraception or treating infertility…

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