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Sizing Up Sperm: The Most Extreme Race on Earth (Video)
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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National Geographic presents Sizing Up Sperm : Each of us was the grand prize in an ultimate reality competition, the amazing race a sperm makes on the road to fertilization. Millions of sperm compete while overcoming armies of antibodies, treacherous...
Tags: New York, Pollination, Fertility, Fertilisation, Germ cells, Semen, Human reproduction, Reproduction, Sperm, Biology
National Geographic Gives the Lowly Sperm Its Due
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Then the struggle to keep those little swimmers alive and baby-make-able begins, from staying the correct temperature to making it through the minefield of a woman's body. To appreciate just how arduous the journey of a sperm is, from, uh, release to...
Tags: Los Angeles, Fertility, Female reproductive system, Fertilisation, Spermatozoon, Germ cells, Human reproduction, Semen, Reproduction, Sperm, Fallopian tube, Biology
For Human Sperm, Sex Is A Running Man Death Match [Sex]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility In tonight's National Geographic special Sizing Up Sperm , the act of conception is re-imagined as an insane, dystopian game show replete with booby traps, gangs of killer leukocytes, and 250 million pushy contestants. As you can see from the below photos,...
Tags: San Francisco, Zardoz, Fertility, Spermatozoon, Germ cells, Semen, Male reproductive system, Reproduction, Sperm, Film, Booby trap, Sizing, Biology
Making A Baby Is A Battle Between Warriors In “Sizing Up Sperm”
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The sperm must race not only one another but also time since 99 percent of the sperm will be goners within 30 minutes...Not only will this program be dramatic and educational, but the visuals look amazing; A London skyscraper stands in for the testicle,...
Tags: warriors, anne, Los Angeles, Testicle, Fertility, Fertilisation, Germ cells, Human reproduction, Semen, Reproduction, Male reproductive system, Sperm, Biology
Fertility chip can accurately count sperm
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 29 days ago
Credibility This is an important step towards the development of a compact device for reliable pre-scanning of male fertility. Every year more than 10,000 couples in the Netherlands apply for help because of involuntary childlessness. A sperm analysis is typically...
Tags: accurately count, count sperm, fertility chip, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Fertility, Fertility medicine, Germ cells, Semen quality, Sperm, Technology Internet, Semen analysis, Health Medical Pharma, Spermatozoon, Semen, Human reproduction, Reproduction, Male reproductive system, Biology
Fast lifestyle, faster sperm
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Matthew Martin IT IS a finding that could warm many men's hearts: size does not count and a paunchy middle is an advantage. And in this competition, those with more sexual partners win the race. Australian researchers studying how quickly sperm can travel...
Tags: Professor Simmons, Leigh Simmons, Australia, Sydney, Fertility, Fertilisation, Germ cells, Semen, Reproduction, Male reproductive system, Sperm, Nature, Biology, Sperm competition, Sperm heteromorphism
Home test for sperm count raises ethical concerns
Enschede :: Netherlands | about 1 month ago
Credibility Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente in Enschede. �Their microfluidic chip contains a tiny channel through which the spermatozoa are drawn by pressure flow. The sample is first doped with a known concentration of polystyrene beads,...
Tags: sperm count, raised ethical, Netherlands, Enschede, Infertility, Fertility, Microfluidics, Spermatozoon, Germ cells, Semen, Human reproduction, Reproduction, Sperm, Semen analysis, Biology
Sperm's swimming secrets revealed
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility When in the male reproductive tract they have to rest easy, lest they wear themselves out prematurely and give up any chance of ever finding an egg. Scientists have long known that sperm''s activity level depends on their internal pH. They have found...
Tags: San Francisco, Fertility, Germ cells, Hyperactivation, Reproductive system, Health Medical Pharma, Andrology, Fertilisation, Spermatozoon, Human reproduction, Semen, Acrosome reaction, Reproduction, Biology
Male great tits with flashy boobs produce stronger sperm
Bern :: Switzerland | about 1 month ago
Credibility And thereafter, the poster finds an appreciative audience in female great tits, since snagging a male with high-quality sperm isn''t exactly a lark. That''s in part because free radicals threaten sperm cells in many animals. Free radicals are groups of...
Tags: great tits, free radical, males great, Switzerland, Bern, Fertility, Great Tit, Spermatozoon, Gender, Germ cells, Semen, Reproduction, Sperm, Reproductive system, Female, Biology, Sex
Sperm Of A Feather Flock Together
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Fisher knew from earlier research that sperm that cooperate by clumping together have a better chance of reaching the egg than sperm that go it alone. Fisher wondered whether sperm from two different male mice would cooperate indiscriminately or tend...
Tags: Washington, Health Medical Pharma, Fertility, Germ cells, Human reproduction, Semen, Male reproductive system, Reproduction, Sperm, Reproductive system, Sperm competition, Sperm donation
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