SERTOLI CELLS
Cells of the testis that serve to nourish sperm cells. Named after histologist Enrico Sertoli (1842—1910) who discovered them in 1865, when he was still a postgraduate student of physiology in Vienna.
The year after his discovery Sertoli returned to his native country to fight for Italian forces against an invading army from Austria. His later life was spent as a professor of anatomy and physiology in Milan.
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