A new study shows that lab-grown sperm cells can be derived from stem cells. July 9, 2009 — -- The face of infertility-- in literature, in the media, in advocacy groups -- is so predominantly ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

Generational wounds may live in our genes. New research suggests that childhood trauma leads to a difference in the epigenetics of a sperm cell, which can impact a child's development and also be ...

A new study hammers home how the "survival of the nicest" view makes no sense when it comes to evolution, says Jonathan R.

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, ...

July 10, 2006 — -- The BBC is reporting that scientists in Germany have not only grown sperm from the embryonic stems cells of mice, but that the sperm was capable of producing offspring. While ...

Human sperm have long been a subject of fascination—not just for their role in fertilization, but for their remarkable ability to navigate through some of the most viscous environments in the body.

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 ...

Scientists in the Netherlands have transformed sperm cells into microscopic robots in a move that could transform the future of fertility. The team from the University of Twente, in the Netherland, ...

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