Aspiring Pope 'would do well to put out cigarettes . As well as pregnant women. Two new studies, in fact, explain how the smoke may 'damage fertility', even that of the unborn child. The research is published online on 'Human Reproduction', and give even more 'basis to advice to quit with the 'Blonde', directed by doctors to aspiring parents.
In the first study, researchers led by Claus Andersen Yding University Hospital of Copenhagen (Denmark) They found that if the mother smokes with the stomach, early pregnancy, it drastically reduces the number of germ cells and somatic cells in the developing fetus. So much so that the researchers believe that this could even have negative effects on fertility 'of the child, once adult.
In the second study, however, the team of the University Mohamed Hammadeh 'of Saarland (Germany) examined specific protein - called protamines - in the semen of a group of heavy smokers (more than 20 cigarettes a day), comparing the results
obtained with those of men who had never lit a cigarette. The protamines play an important role in sperm development and have an effect on fertility ' male. Well, the concentrations of these proteins were below 14% in the sperm of smokers compared to nonsmokers. "This means - write the researchers - who the sperm of smokers suffering from a lack of protamine, probably caused by cigarette smoking. And this could be a cause" of infertility '.
Source: Adnkronos / Adnkronos Health
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