News tagged with infertile men

Researchers achieve male fertility breakthrough

A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher has achieved a significant breakthrough in male fertility, producing normal sperm from mouse cells.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Low testosterone linked to varicoceles

As many as 15 percent of men have varicoceles, masses of enlarged and dilated veins in the testicles. There is new evidence that varicoceles, long known to be a cause of male infertility, interfere with the production of ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Potential new predictor of male reproductive potential identified

The distance between a man's scrotum and anus may indicate his ability to reproduce, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the journal PLoS ONE.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Japanese sperm cell breakthrough offers hope to infertile men

(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as cosmic forces at work, Japanese scientists working at Yokohama University, just south of Tokyo, have in the midst of a national crises, announced a major breakthrough in fertility ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Infertility increases a man's risk of prostate cancer

Infertile men have an increased risk of developing high grade prostate cancer, which is more likely to grow and spread quickly. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journa ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Male factor infertility associated with comorbidities

The December issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article entitled 'Are Infertile Men Less Healthy than Fertile Men? Results of a Prospective Case-Control Survey ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells

(AP) -- A scientific journal has retracted a controversial paper claiming to have created the first human sperm from embryonic stem cells.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0