New measure of sperm age may be predictor of pregnancy success
DETROIT – A novel technique to measure the age of male sperm has the potential to predict the success and ...
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Device directs sperm to ‘go against the flow’ to help infertility
The female genital tract can be a hostile environment for conception. Out of about 100 million sperm, only a few ...
Trapping sperm in semen’s natural gel could lead to new contraceptive
PULLMAN, Wash. – A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows ...
Pusan National University scientists reveal links between sperm quality and cell phone use
Cell phones have succeeded in bringing the world closer, making life tolerable during a very trying time. But cellphones also ...
Cannabis impacts sperm counts, motility in two generations of mice
PULLMAN, Wash. – An intense but short-term exposure to cannabis vapor lowered sperm counts and slowed sperm movement, or motility, ...
From corals to humans, a shared trigger for sperm to get in motion
If sperm can’t swim, life can’t go on. And a new study suggests that when evolution hit upon an effective ...
Study reveals a gene crucial to sperm cell production
Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.Credit: Cincinnati Children's Scientists ...
Inspired by bacteria and sperm, scientists make micro-robot swimmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite ...