COVID's Surprising Effect on Sperm May Impact Future Generations
Mihaela Măncilă
COVID-19 infection causes changes to sperm in mice that may increase anxiety in their offspring, a study released Saturday said, suggesting the pandemic 's possibly long-lasting effects on future generations. Researchers at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia, infected male mice with the virus that causes COVID, mated them with females, and assessed the impacts on the health of their offspring. "We found that the resulting offspring showed more anxious
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