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“Sperm Today!” session in Togo – June 28th

By |2022-06-28T15:50:20+02:00June 28th, 2022|News|

Last week BIASA Clinic organized a workshop in Togo (June 20-21, 2022) in collaboration with MICROPTIC. This was a theoretical and practical session, called “Sperm Today!”, with the speeches of our colleagues Elsa Delacroix (Export Manager) and Glòria Martínez (Biologist). The topics of the event were about semen analysis according to WHO [...]

Other factors in male fertility

By |2022-06-17T12:52:23+02:00June 17th, 2022|Blog|

Are factors apart from sperm functional parameters important in assessing potential male fertility? In previous blogs I alluded to the many ways used to assess sperm quality. The gold standard for human semen analysis is the World Health Organization Manual. The most recent edition is referred to as WHO 6 (2021). I [...]

Environmental contaminants

By |2022-05-17T12:32:36+02:00May 17th, 2022|Blog|

Are emerging environmental contaminants a threat to male fertility? Unexplained male infertility is evident in up to 25% of male factor infertility cases and exposure to environmental contaminants could be one of many culprits in the global decline in male fertility. Since many of these compounds end up in water bodies, it [...]