Health
Nuts may boost male fertility: study
Eating nuts "significantly" boosted the number and health of sperm in young men in a scientific trial, researchers said Wednesday.
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Medical research
Men may contribute to infertility through newly discovered part of sperm
Life doesn't begin the way we thought it did.
Jun 7, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early life trauma in men associated with reduced levels of sperm microRNAs
Exposure to early life trauma can lead to poor physical and mental health in some individuals, which can be passed on to their children. Studies in mice show that at least some of the effects of stress can be transmitted ...
May 22, 2018
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Health
Male contraceptive compound stops sperm without affecting hormones
A new study published today in the journal PLOS ONE details how a compound called EP055 binds to sperm proteins to significantly slow the overall mobility of the sperm without affecting hormones, making EP055 a potential ...
Apr 20, 2018
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Medications
Taking ibuprofen for long periods found to alter human testicular physiology
A team of researchers from Denmark and France has found that taking regular doses of the pain reliever ibuprofen over a long period of time can lead to a disorder in men called compensated hypogonadism. In their paper published ...
Medical research
Researchers develop sperm-sorting device that could improve IVF success
Women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) may become pregnant with fewer treatment cycles, thanks to a new device developed by a team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Stanford University that ...
Jan 3, 2018
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Health
Male birth control gel to go into trials
A team at the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has announced that it will be putting a contraception gel it has developed into trials starting this April. The trials will involve more than 400 couples ...
Genetics
Scientists identify key regulator of male fertility
When it comes to male reproductive fertility, timing is everything. Now scientists are finding new details on how disruption of this timing may contribute to male infertility or congenital illness.
Sep 19, 2017
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Medical research
New technique overcomes genetic cause of infertility
Scientists have created healthy offspring from genetically infertile male mice, offering a potential new approach to tackling a common genetic cause of human infertility.
Aug 17, 2017
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Medical research
3-D images show how sperm binds to the egg surface
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have obtained the first 3D snapshots of a sperm protein attached to a complementary egg coat protein at the beginning of fertilisation. The study, which reveals a common egg ...
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