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Semen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that usually contains spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize female ova. The process of discharge is called ejaculation.
Hepatitis C virus rarely transmitted through sex between monogamous heterosexuals

Hepatitis C virus rarely transmitted through sex between monogamous heterosexuals

Individuals infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have nothing to fear from sex in a monogamous, heterosexual relationship. Transmission of HCV from an infected partner during sex is rare according to new research published in the March issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). [More]
Biomarker for testicular sperm extraction outcome discovered

Biomarker for testicular sperm extraction outcome discovered

Researchers have used an original proteomic strategy to identify a biomarker for residual spermatogenesis in the semen of patients with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA). [More]
Physical activity levels may affect men’s semen quality

Physical activity levels may affect men’s semen quality

The quality of young men’s sperm may be influenced by how active their lifestyle is, report researchers. [More]
Celgene receives FDA approval for POMALYST to treat multiple myeloma

Celgene receives FDA approval for POMALYST to treat multiple myeloma

Celgene Corporation today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved POMALYST brand therapy (pomalidomide) for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies including lenalidomide and bortezomib and have demonstrated disease progression on or within 60 days of completion of the last therapy. [More]
Physical activity levels may affect men’s semen quality

Physical activity levels may affect men’s semen quality

The quality of young men’s sperm may be influenced by how active their lifestyle is, report researchers. [More]

Vejthani ART Center provides innovative and high quality services

Vejthani Hospital Bangkok recommends Assisted Reproductive Technology Center at Vejthani ART Center, the way to bring your dream come true that you will be assured by our professional service. [More]
Novel infertility mechanism suggested in men with metabolic syndrome

Novel infertility mechanism suggested in men with metabolic syndrome

Men diagnosed with the metabolic syndrome appear to have reduced fertility potential despite the absence of leucocytospermia, report researchers. [More]

Study finds decline in spermatozoid concentration in young Spanish men

The first comparative study on the evolution of sperm quality in young Spanish men over ten years, headed by researchers at the University of Murcia, reveals that spermatozoid concentration in men between 18 and 23 years in the regions of Murcia and Almeria has dropped by an annual average of 2%. [More]

Coenzyme Q10 supplement may boost male fertility

Taking a 3-month course of coenzyme Q10 supplements could improve semen quality among infertile men, show researchers. [More]
Sperm viability assessment: an interview with Caroline Feltham from Linkam Scientific Instruments

Sperm viability assessment: an interview with Caroline Feltham from Linkam Scientific Instruments

Sperm viability, and therefore a man’s fertility, can be determined by analysis of the concentration, motility and the morphology of his spermatozoa. This is a part of Andrology, from the Greek Andros “man”, the medical field that deals with male health including problems associated with the reproductive system. [More]
Smoking and drinking have no impact on male fertility

Smoking and drinking have no impact on male fertility

Alcohol drinking and smoking seem to have no significant impact on male fertility, report researchers. [More]
Celgene announces results from REVLIMID plus VIDAZA phase II study on AML

Celgene announces results from REVLIMID plus VIDAZA phase II study on AML

Celgene International Sàrl today announced that results from a study evaluating the combination of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) plus VIDAZA (azacitidine) in patients 60 years or older with untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. [More]
New research finds bisphenol A in fetal liver tissues

New research finds bisphenol A in fetal liver tissues

New research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health found BPA, or bisphenol A, in fetal liver tissue, demonstrating that there is considerable exposure to the chemical during pregnancy. [More]
Janssen receives positive opinion from EMA CHMP for ZYTIGA to treat mCRPC

Janssen receives positive opinion from EMA CHMP for ZYTIGA to treat mCRPC

Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen) announced today that the Committee for Medical Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted a positive opinion recommending approval of the oral, once-daily medication ZYTIGA for use in combination with prednisone or prednisolone in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), in adult men who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen deprivation therapy and in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated. [More]
Men with wider variation in sperm length have fertility problems

Men with wider variation in sperm length have fertility problems

Perhaps variety is the very spice of life, but as a matter of producing human life, it could be the bane of existence. That's the indication of a new study in the journal Human Reproduction that found men with wider variation in sperm length, particularly in the flagellum, had lower concentrations of sperm that could swim well. Those with more consistently made sperm seemed to have more capable ones. [More]
Antioxidant imbalance in abnormal sperm

Antioxidant imbalance in abnormal sperm

An imbalance exists in oxidative stress markers, such as reactive nitrogen species, reactive oxygen species, and total antioxidant capacity, in infertile men with abnormal semen parameters, report researchers. [More]
Sperm viability assessed in a number of UK fertility laboratories by using Linkam’s warm stages

Sperm viability assessed in a number of UK fertility laboratories by using Linkam’s warm stages

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen as suppliers of warm stages to a number of laboratories in the UK for sperm assessment. [More]

Physically active men produce better semen quality

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Cordoba links moderate physical activity in males with better hormone levels and sperm characteristics that favour reproduction compared to sedentary men. [More]
Male infertility linked to an enzyme complex issue

Male infertility linked to an enzyme complex issue

An enzyme complex present in sperm plasma membranes plays an important role in the overproduction of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in sperm with abnormal morphology, researchers have shown. [More]

Male BMI effects embryo quality, IVF outcome

Male body mass index influences pregnancy outcome in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization through its effect on embryo quality rather than on sperm parameters, report researchers. [More]