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ICSI or IVF: Babies born from frozen embryos do just as well

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Analysis of the longest running ICSI programme in the United States has found reassuring evidence that babies born from frozen embryos fertilised via ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) do just as well as those born from ...





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Normal-looking sperm may have serious damage; scientists urge more care in selection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where a single sperm is injected into an egg to fertilise it, is increasingly used to help infertile men father children. Although the sperm chosen for the procedure may appear quite ...


Mutation causing one type of male infertility found

Mutation causing one type of male infertility found

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A genetic mutation that lies behind one type of male infertility has been discovered by researchers at Oxford University, Ghent University in Belgium, and the University of Massachusetts, ...


UB start-up provides innovative digital sperm analysis to infertile couples worldwide

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couples struggling with fertility problems have a new option for assessing their ability to have a child with the start-up of a new Buffalo-based company called LifeCell Dx, Inc. (LCDX).


Assisted reproductive techniques alter the expression of genes that are important for metabolism

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that assisted reproductive ...


Taiwan scientists develop sperm 'efficiency' kit

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in Taiwan said Thursday they have invented a male fertility home test kit that breaks new ground by measuring the efficiency of sperm cells -- a key factor in determining men's ability to father children.


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Further Secrets of the Snail Love Dart

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created Mar 28, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

How do you make love to a snail? Slowly, violently and with a mucus-coated love dart. McGill University Biology Professor Ronald Chase knew that ‘love darts’ – sharp, slimy projectiles fired at prospective ...


First at-home test for vasectomized men proves to be safe, accurate

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created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a report now available online and scheduled to be the cover story of the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Urology, University of Virginia Health System researcher John C. Herr, PhD and his colleagues have confirmed the ac ...


Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilization

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Canada should extend universal health coverage to fund in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, writes Dr. Renda Bouzayen, Division Head, Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility, Dalhousie University ...


French woman asks court for dead husband's sperm

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A 39-year-old widow asked a French court Wednesday to allow her to retrieve her late husband's frozen sperm so that she can be inseminated and have his child.


Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting ...



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