Millions of couples worldwide experience infertility with half of the cases originating in men. For 10% of infertile males, little or no sperm are produced. Now, new research from the Stowers ...

The human body is full of checks and balances that ensure correct growth, development, and function of all our different systems. Now, researchers from Japan have reported a newly discovered protein ...

Researchers are delving into the molecular-level details of sperm formation, with a particular focus on how abnormalities in this process might lead to male-factor infertility. Sperm play a critical ...

Investigators have employed mutant mice to study how the accumulation of genetic errors is managed during egg and sperm formation. Sometimes the best way to understand a biological process is to ...

While vasectomy offers a long-term solution and can be reversed, many men are hesitant to undergo the procedure. This, in ...

Scientists take big step forward in effort to create long-lasting male contraceptive - ...

The human body is full of checks and balances that ensure correct growth, development, and function of all our different systems. Now, researchers from Japan have reported a newly discovered protein ...

Scientists at Cornell University have made a major advance toward a long-awaited goal: a safe, reversible, nonhormonal male ...

Electron microscope image of mouse sperm head. The mouse sperm head is characterized by a crescent shape, whereas in TEX38-deficient sperm the head is bent backward 180 degrees. Osaka, Japan – The ...

Sperm play a critical role in the creation of new life, delivering essentially half of the genetic material required. The success of this process relies on the generation of a developmentally ...