The sperm of a man carrying a rare genetic mutation linked to cancer was used to conceive scores of children across Europe, ...

Can sperm cells remain in the body and fertilise months after intercourse or can one only conceive one month at a time... Step into a world where the truth shines bright, and every headline is worth ...

And that’s where salmon sperm comes in; sperm cells are what the PNs are derived from. The thing about PNs is that their asserted regenerative properties aren’t just marketing guff by ...

Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm ...

It floods the sperm cell with calcium ions, flipping the sperm into overdrive. This high-speed “whip-like” movement, known as hyperactivation, is exactly what sperm need to break through the ...

"That hyperactive state in sperm is key for successful fertilization, and no one knew exactly how temperature triggers it," said Polina Lishko, Ph.D., a BJC Investigator and professor of cell ...

Sperm are somewhat like Goldilocks in their quest for everything to be just right. At least in mammals, the male sex cells are surprisingly picky about temperature and it can’t be too hot or too ...

United States — A commentator yells excitedly as hundreds of spectators stand glued to a video of a racecourse — but the athletes they are rooting for are actually tiny sperm cells.

Sperm cells are known to prefer cooler temperatures. For quite some time, a puzzling question for scientists has been: how do temperature-sensitive swimmers actually operate effectively within the ...