University of California, Berkeley, biologists have discovered the switch that triggers the power kick sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg, uncovering a possible source of male infertility but also a potential ...
Mar 17, 2016
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The recent report from northern Hòa Bình province in Vietnam of twins born to two different fathers has been making headlines around the world. The father of the twins took the infants for DNA tests where it was revealed ...
Mar 14, 2016
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The development of every animal in the history of the world began with a simple step: the fusion of a spermatozoon (the male gamete) with an oocyte, or egg (the female gamete). Despite the ubiquity of this process, the actual ...
Feb 28, 2016
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Oxford scientists have for the first time been able to identify the origins of some severe disease-causing mutations within the testicles of healthy men. This discovery will help our understanding of how certain serious genetic ...
Feb 8, 2016
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Congenital disorders such as Down's syndrome could be better understood, following new insights into how healthy cells are formed.
Feb 2, 2016
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Turns out dads are also eating for two. A study published December 3 in Cell Metabolism reveals that a man's weight affects the heritable information contained in sperm. The sperm cells of lean and obese men possess different ...
Dec 3, 2015
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A team of researchers in Japan has developed an updated form of round spermatid injection (ROSI) and has used it to help 12 men considered to be infertile, produce 14 children. In their paper published in Proceedings of the ...
Researchers from the University of Southampton have established that eggs have a protective 'checkpoint' that helps to prevent DNA damaged eggs being fertilised.
Nov 2, 2015
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Two drugs that help suppress the immune system in organ transplant patients may have a future as the long-sought birth control "pill" for men, new research suggests.
Oct 2, 2015
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Men with higher exposure to the substance DEHP, a so-called phthalate, have lower sperm motility and may therefore experience more difficulties conceiving children, according to a Lund University study.
Sep 24, 2015
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