Cooperative sperm may improve fertilization success across diverse arthropods
Fertilization is often imagined as a frantic race, with millions of sperm competing for a single prize. But…
Father’s diet before conception impacts baby’s body composition
A father’s diet can affect his children’s health and body composition before they are even conceived. A study…
Fruit Fly Sperm Is 40 Times Longer Than Human Sperm and Uses Opposite Lanes to Avoid Tangling
Credit: ZME Science. These insects probably have the largest sperm-to-body-size ratio. A male fruit fly’s sperm is nearly…
Researchers advance fertility options for childhood cancer survivors
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have demonstrated that it is possible to create early germ cells from preserved testicular…
Scientists Discover Sperm Seem To Bypass a Fundamental Law of Physics
Human sperm cells may swim by exploiting unusual “odd elasticity” within their flagella, helping them move through highly…
Khloé Kardashian Owns Tristan Thompson’s Sperm Now
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UC Davis scientists identify protein key to male fertility
The causes of male infertility can be hard to diagnose, with many tests failing to detect genetic defects.…
‘Cosmic child’ seems distant as sperm show navigation decline in space
Scientists have carried out an unusual test to determine whether a child could be conceived in space. The…
Selfish chromosomes hijack Overdrive gene to eliminate rival sperm
A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how “selfish chromosomes” cheat…
Targeted mRNA delivery restores sperm production and fertility in infertile mice
Researchers have found that targeted delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) can restore sperm production and fertility in genetically…
Embryonic reproductive cells reveal striking genomic architecture before development
Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first…
High doses of antioxidants linked to offspring birth defects
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