So without further ado, let's, let's go to what you'd like to share with our audience members.

Yeah.

So male infertility is a highly common or prevalent condition.

It affects about 5%, uh, of, of men.

In other words, about 15% of couples, uh, grapple with infertility issues, and among those, about half have a male factor involved.

So I think that historically, if we look at, at, you know, the medical literature and we look at just the different cultures around the world, really the burden, uh, for reproductive issues has really been placed largely on the female partner, which is a huge disturb- uh, disservice to both the male and the female partner, um, because it very often takes longer for them to conceive because male factor issues are, are often overlooked until very late in the game.

And also, you know what's really interesting is that sometimes men have a more serious underlying medical issue that is more serious than the fertility, maybe even life-threatening, for which the infertility may be the only sign or symptom.

Wow