Sperm donation is largely unregulated, but that could soon change as lawsuits multiply
When Wendy and Janet Norman decided to have a baby, they went sperm shopping through Xytex Corp., a sperm bank.
Jan 19, 2022
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When Wendy and Janet Norman decided to have a baby, they went sperm shopping through Xytex Corp., a sperm bank.
Jan 19, 2022
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Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but they did not know the exact mechanism for how it can lead to these health conditions.
Oct 25, 2021
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Modern assisted reproductive technologies have helped millions of infertile couples to bypass their reproductive challenges, and these technologies can be regarded as one of the greatest achievements of medicine. Yet, they ...
Oct 7, 2021
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While marijuana use may impact some genes linked to autism in men's sperm, abstaining from cannabis consumption over time may significantly lower many of those effects, according to a study by Duke Health researchers.
Sep 23, 2021
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A gene that controls the completion of meiosis in spermatogenesis has been discovered by researchers from Kumamoto University. Until now, details of the mechanism that inactivates the expression of genes involved in the meiotic ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Rheumatoid arthritis or one of the other types of inflammatory arthritis, diagnosed before or during peak reproductive years, may curb men's fertility, finds research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Aug 9, 2021
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Good news: Scientists won't have to worry about their mouse sperm vials breaking in transit ever again.
Aug 5, 2021
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In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who specialize in reproductive medicine are unable to determine the cause of male infertility around 30% to 50% of the time. ...
Aug 2, 2021
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A new study from the Harvard GenderSci Lab in the journal Human Fertility, "The Future of Sperm: A Biovariability Framework for Understanding Global Sperm Count Trends" questions the panic over apparent trends of declining ...
May 10, 2021
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A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises.
May 4, 2021
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