Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands of genes to form a sperm cell. The work, published March 3 as two papers in ...

The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm, shedding light on a stage of early human development ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has discovered a crucial step in how chromosomes stay connected during the development for egg cells and sperm, ...

Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilize it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This occurs via a type of protein binding that is among the strongest in ...

Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells, in a remarkable demonstration of how quickly the field of stem-cell ...

Sperm cells have a monumental task, but their days are numbered. From the moment they're made in the testes to the time they may spend winding their way up the labyrinthine of the female reproductive ...

An egg cell and a sperm need to hold together tightly in the Fallopian tube in order to fuse, resulting in the creation of a new organism. One key part of this process involves the proteins Juno, on ...

Could temperature be the real trigger behind male fertility? A new study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests exactly that—and its findings could reshape our understanding of how life ...

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Now, an international team of researchers led by ...

Sperm motility refers to the ability of sperm to move or "swim." It is one of the factors tested in a semen analysis. Learn why it's important for fertility. Motility refers to the ability of an ...