A new study reveals how sperm change their swimming patterns to navigate to the egg, shifting from a symmetrical motion...
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Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but...
With global rates of male infertility continuing to rise, a new study in spermatogonial stem cell research led by researchers...
Sperm cells are among the most diverse cells in the animal world, despite having the same purpose -- to find...
Over the millennia, people have come up with some very effective ways to avoid having babies. The ancient Egyptians and...
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are using the precision targeting of monoclonal antibodies for a...
Mammalian sperm cannot fertilize an egg from the get-go. It's an ability acquired only after insemination, during passage through the...
Scientists no longer have to worry about their bottles of mouse sperm breaking in transit. Researchers in Japan have developed...
Many details about the structure of a key membrane ion channel required for normal sperm function have long remained mysterious....
The cation channel of sperm (CatSper) is essential for sperm motility and fertility1,2. CatSper comprises the pore-forming CatSper1-4 and multiple...