October 2018

Conception – Zinc’s critical role in early egg maturation

InterClinical eNews October 2018, Issue 85 With up to 15 % of Australian couples struggling to conceive, infertility has become an important public health concern. (1) Whilst the causes of infertility may be multifactorial, researchers at Pennsylvannia State University desired to understand the role of zinc in early infertility, particularly egg quality, viability and maturation. They also sought to determine how early in the egg's development zinc begins to affect egg quality. (2) The Study The researchers collected...