See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When it comes to male fertility, not all sperm are created equal. In an ...

Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations increases, so does the risk of developing diseases in offspring. This is ...

Researchers from the EHU-University of the Basque Country have developed a robust protocol to detect the molecules involved in the metabolic reactions of sperm. The new method enables a detailed ...

Clinical data reveals male factors contribute to half of all infertility cases, shifting the focus toward earlier ...

We present a collection of expert-labeled image datasets designed to support automated analysis of human sperm in the context of male fertility diagnostics. The collection includes three datasets: a ...

You may know it takes one sperm and one egg to make a baby but, if you're like most people, you might not remember much else about sperm from biology class. If infertility is an issue for you and your ...

Epigenetic biomarkers in human sperm have been identified that can indicate a propensity to father children with autism spectrum disorder. In the study, researchers identified a set of genomic ...

Sperm cryopreservation offers individuals a way to collect and store their sperm for later use. Though originally developed for people undergoing cancer treatment, preservation can benefit several ...

A long-standing question in natural reproduction is how mammalian sperm navigate inside female reproductive tract and finally reach the egg cell, or oocyte. Recently, fluid flow was proposed as a long ...