Male infertility is responsible for roughly half of all infertility cases worldwide, yet the standard diagnostic tool, ...

After cryopreservation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) can damage sperm. Antioxidants are the primary defense against oxidative damage. Berberine is a bioactive alkaloid found in Berberis vulgaris, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sperm motility refers to the ability of sperm to move or "swim." It is one of the factors tested in a semen analysis. Learn why it ...

A new way to measure male fertility has been discovered by researchers at the University of Waterloo, opening the door to the development of simple, inexpensive tests for clinical and at-home use. The ...

It's not all on women anymore — doctors do test men for sperm count and motility. But still too few men get checked, possibly due to a misconception that a healthy sex life means healthy sperm.

When it comes to reproduction, female biology is often described in terms of a ticking clock. Women are born with most of their lifetime supply of eggs, meaning that a woman's age is usually the same ...

Infertility affects about one in six couples, and male factors account for roughly half of all cases-often because sperm don't swim well. Researchers from the University of Osaka uncovered a key ...

About 120 million unintended pregnancies occurred each year between 2015 and 2019 worldwide. While there are oral contraceptives for women, the development of oral contraceptives for men has not been ...

A small team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in and around Shanghai, China, has found evidence that men who live in heavily polluted areas may experience poor sperm motility. In ...

New study reveals how stress boosts sperm motility through mitochondrial changes and epigenetic shifts. Study: Stress increases sperm respiration and motility in mice and men. Image Credit: Rost9 / ...

Having sex every day does not usually deplete sperm or cause infertility A sexologist explains how ejaculation frequency affects sperm count motility and DNA quality ...

Reproductive biologists have identified the mechanism that triggers sperm's race to the egg, reports a study in Cell today. Stained sperm cells (Blue, nucleus; red, mitochondria; green, Hv1 protein ...