Medical research
Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
Experts from Durham University have identified a new gene that could help the development of fertility treatments in humans in the future.
May 1, 2012
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Genetics
Team sees effect of BPA and estradiol on sperm development
Washington State University researchers have found a direct link between the plastics component bisphenol A, or BPA, and disrupted sperm production. Writing in the journal PLOS Genetics, they say the chemical disrupts the ...
Jan 22, 2015
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Health
Certain dietary or nutritional supplements could improve sperm quality
Infertility affects 15 percent of the world population and is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global health problem. In recent years, studies of sperm quality in different populations from developing countries ...
Nov 27, 2018
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High-fat diet in childhood may affect sperm later in life
New research in mice suggests that a high-fat diet early in life may impair male fertility in adulthood. The first-of-its-kind study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Oct 22, 2020
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Other
Australian law erases decades of anonymity for sperm donors
For Peter Peacock, fate arrived in the form of a registered letter.
Aug 2, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AI predicts male infertility risk with blood test, no semen needed
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) study (2017), about half of all infertility is due to men. Semen analysis is considered essential for diagnosis of male infertility, but is not readily available at medical institutions ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Healthy Men: Fertility is not just a women's issue
Dear Healthy Men: My wife and I have been trying for seven months to have a child but haven't had any luck. We've got an appointment scheduled with my wife's OB, but I've been reading about how sperm counts around the world ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Medical research
Preventing sperm's 'power kick' could be key to unisex contraceptive
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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Sperm DNA damage may contribute to repeat miscarriages
Some cases of recurrent pregnancy loss may be caused by sperm DNA damage in the male partner, rather than by a problem in affected women, according to research to be presented Sunday, March 24 at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine ...
Mar 23, 2019
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Problems conceiving are not just about women. Male infertility is behind one in three IVF cycles
For the first time, IVF clinics in Australia and New Zealand have reported data about the scale and range of male fertility problems in couples who have IVF. New data released by the Australia and New Zealand Assisted Reproduction ...
Oct 22, 2022
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