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Fertility chip can accurately count sperm
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 22 days ago
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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 | 28 days 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
Ban on research on germ cell production should be lifted: panel
Ōsaka :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility An education ministry panel proposed Thursday that the ban on research on producing human germ cells from embryo-stem cells be lifted, government officials said. The panel said, however, that trying to produce human embryos through fertilization of germ...
Tags: germ cells, Japan, Ōsaka, Fertility, Cellular differentiation, Embryo, Developmental biology, Stem cell, Reproduction, Biotechnology
Stem cell study leads to fertility breakthrough
London :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Stem cell study leads to breakthrough in understanding infertility 'Hidden stage of human development' is opened up by Stanford University scientists Understanding the details of how sperm and egg cells grow will help scientists develop treatments. Photograph:...
Tags: fertility, infertility, sperm, eggs, age, art, stem cells, human development, germ cells, London
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