Tag: "sperms" at medical news

Afghan Couple Turn to Indian Sperm Banks for Help

Kashmiri sperms stocked by Indian sperm banks are at a premium among Afghan couples, reports say. However much Islamist or Talibanized, infertile Afghan couple do scout around for sperm donors and invariably land in India. Ironically it is perhaps the never-endi...

It is Men, and Not Women, to Be Blamed for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

...d 80 percent such cases, imperfect and inefficient sperms lead to a weak embryo formation, finally ending wi...ensation - to stay assured about the competence of sperms leading to a healthy pregnancy." Misro claimed the new technology was unique and they were trying ...

Protein in Human Sperm may Hold Clues to Male Infertility

...lity . As part of the study, researchers examined sperms from mutant mice with defective versions of the protein. They found that the sperms of mutant mice had very low fertility as compared to those of normal mice. '(The protein) is invol...

National Institute Of Health & Family Welfare To Commercialize Its Products

...p to test many of the specialized functions of the sperms which otherwise are not routinely examined. It will strengthen the existing diagnostic tools in the male infertility diagnosis and management. It has the great potential to be routinely used in human sperm banks and can be extended in the same area f...

Breakthrough Discovery- Human Sperms From Bone Marrow

...have announced the creation of artificial // human sperms from a source far removed from its origins. Stem cells derived from human bone marrow are now the new ‘fathers’ of immature sperms, which the scientists hope can eventually be worked upon to benefit infertile men. The pioneering scientists from...

Height of Liberation – Lesbians, No Less in Producing Babies (read Daughters

... produce their own sperms. Evidently, producing sperms from women would mean, they will only have daughters. The Y chromosome is only present in men. Yet, this research promises to strengthen the all woman team, with female offsprings. /V...

Cheaper and Quicker Alternative to Ovarian Reserve Tests

...ion in layman’s terms means the fertilization of sperms and eggs outside their natural settings. Maximum number of follicles is stimulated to grow in a woman’s ovaries with the help of extra hormones and these are then ‘harvested’ for their subsequent fertilization with sperms. Fertilization will be...

Gynaecological Society Has Sought a Ban on Illegal Sale of Sperms

... society has demanded a ban on the illegal sale of sperms allegedly being carried out by infertility clinics across India// . The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) has said the large-scale direct sale of donor sperms, without tests and checks by sperm banks, was a serio...

New Drugs Would Help Men to Play an Equal Role in Contraception

...inal muscle in the vas deferens is prevented, thus sperms are not propelled out of the penis. This method of contraception is based on the control of schizophrenia and blood pressure, to which researchers claim have chemicals to block male sperms. Presently, researchers are in the process of creating co...

Male Contraceptive Drug - Non Hormonal Alternative

...ans in the long term. During spermatogenesis when sperms are being manufactured in the testes, they are helped in their development into mature sperm by special tissue called Sertoli cells. Adherin acts by breaking the bond between the immature sperm and the Sertoli cells. Therefore the male hormones are n...

Mobile use increases risk of infertility in men

...of our lives." The study included 361 men, whose sperms were analysed before the fertility treatment. Based on their mobile use, they were divided into 4 groups: those who never used a phone, those who used one for less than two hours, two to four hours, and more than four hours a day. Median sperm coun...

Antidepressants linked to infertility in men

...and delayed ejaculation. Dr Schlegel suggests that sperms may be prevented by the drugs from getting into the semen. Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield, said: 'There does seem to be a major correlation. Maybe this is an unknown side effect of these drugs that is only ...

Vasectomy Vs Intra Vas Device – Check It Out

...h from a tiny plug of silicone gel which stops the sperms from traveling along each of the tubes, the vas deferens that links the testicles and the penis. The efficacy of this new device was measured in a pilot study involving 30 men, where it was found that the IVD was able to offset conception. Scientis...

Shortage of donors at sperm bank clinics

...y understand them." Out of every 100 donors, the sperms of only 5 will be accepted after the procedure of testing and selection. Following is the data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) about the number of men registered to be donors in the past few years: 325 men in 2000, 328 ...

Scientists Create Live Birth Using Artificial Sperms Produced In Vitro

... the first time ever, produced and used artificial sperms to create a living being// (mice). Professor Karim Nayernia and team, from Georg-August University, Gottingen, Germany, have created artificial sperm in a lab from the mouse embryonic stem cells. Professor Nayernia, who has now moved to the Newcas...

Quick freezing technique of the human egg

...asily damaged when they are thawed, in contrast to sperms which can be easily frozen and thawed. A quick freezing method has been devised by the Japanese researchers which hold promise over the present technique being used. Dr Masashige Kuwayama, of the Kato Ladies clinic in Tokyo said” This technolog...

Age-Related Sperm DNA Damage

...to take its toll. The study was carried out on the sperms collected two years ago, over a four-month period...lled flow cytometry was employed to ‘sort’ out the sperms for this study. The researchers involved in the study observe that deteriorating sperms can caus...

Male Contraceptives-Soon to be Reliable and Reversible

...ment combinations in men inhibit the production of sperms in ways, similar to the action of hormone therapy suppressing ovulation in women. Male contraception studies involving androgen treatment and androgen-progestin combinations are presently being conducted in China and Europe. Researchers have used d...

Aggression And Fatherly Behavior: Men Have It In Their Genes

... develop into testis (the male gland that produces sperms and male sex hormones). The gene is believed to be partially responsible for aggressive behavior. Behavior pattern of mice (both parental and aggressive behavior) that contained either XY or XX chromosomes were compared to mice with or without the ...

Sperms not silent in the Female reproductive Tract

..., before fertilization. According to the findings, sperms stay in the female reproductive tract for a good m...and Breitbart have shown that in mammals, when the sperms are in the female reproductive tract, amino acids get converted into polypeptides, during the capita...

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