The risk of infertility in men due to corona virus! The most disturbing news so far
The corona virus was said to affect organs such as the lungs, but now American and Chinese scientists have discovered in a joint study that the virus also malfunctions the male reproductive organs. According to the China Morning Post, the results of a joint study of patients in the Chinese city of Wuhan found that the corona virus damages male cells that produce sperm.
Scientists at Tufts Medical Center Boston and Huajhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan have reported that the corona virus integrates with an enzyme present on the surface of these cells and destroys them without entering the cells. Affects Corona virus was not found in the sperm of men whose sperm-producing cells were infected with the corona virus, indicating that it is not transmitted sexually. Dr Ni Shi, head of the research team, said: "Eighty percent of the patients we tested were infected with the coronavirus tuberculosis. This is the part of the male testicles where the sperms are born. "