Increasing precision and reducing variation in sperm assessments using the Sperm Class Analyzer® Rothman C, Sims CA, Shamonki J, Schiewe MC. California Cryobank (CCB), QC/R&D Lab, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA. Background CCB endeavors to optimize precision of sperm count and motility calculations by reducing potential procedural sources of variation. The adaptation of real-time video [...]
Role of zinc trafficking in male fertility: from germ to sperm Foresta C, Garolla A, Cosci I, Menegazzo M, Ferigo M, Gandin V, De Toni L Department of Medicine and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy STUDY QUESTION: What are the dynamics of zinc (Zn) trafficking in sperm, at the [...]
Effect of Cissampelos capensis rhizome extract on human spermatozoa in vitro Shalaweh SM1, Erasmus N, Weitz F, Henkel RR. Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa. Cissampelos capensis is commonly known by the Afrikaans name 'dawidjies' or 'dawidjieswortel'. C. capensis is the most important and best-known medicinal plant of the [...]
Vérification de performances d'un système CASA Sperm Class Analyzer SCA Nassima Tarhouchi, Julie Le Bachelet, Daniel Przyrowski, Olivier Moreau. Laboratoire Bioatlantique AMP diagnostique Le Sperm Class Analyzer (SCA® MICROPTIC) est un système de gestion et d’analyse des principaux paramètres du sperme humain. Le logiciel comprend différents modules: numération, mobilité, cytologie… Le laboratoire s’est intéressé au [...]
Human semen cryopreservation: a sperm DNA fragmentation study with alkaline and neutral Comet assay J. Ribas-Maynou, A. Fernandez-Encinas, A. Garcıa-Peiro, E. Prada, C. Abad, M. J. Amengual, J. Navarro and J. Benet Departament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain, Centro de Infertilidad Masculina y Analisis de Barcelona (CIMAB), [...]
Validation of the Sperm Class Analyser CASA system for sperm counting in a busy diagnostic semen analysis laboratory Dearing CG, Kilburn S, Lindsay KS. Andrology Laboratory, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust , London , UK Sperm counts have been linked to several fertility outcomes making them an essential parameter of semen analysis. It has [...]
Verification of reference values for semen analysis according to WHO 2010 in Buenos Aires Susana Mercedes Curi, Patricia Haydee Chenlo, Mercedes Norma Pugliese, Julia Irene Ariagno, Herberto Ernesto Repetto, José Vazquez, Melba Sardi Segovia, Gabriela Ruth Mendeluk Laboratorio de Fertilidad Masculina, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, INFIBIOC, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, [...]
Sperm DNA fragmentation assay by sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD): correlation between DNA fragmentation and outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection T. Sivanarayana; Ch. Ravi Krishna; G. Jaya Prakash; K. M. Krishna; K. Madan; G. Sudhakar; G. A. Rama Raju Gynecology Division, Krishna IVF Clinic, Visakhapatnam, India; Embryology Research Group, Krishna IVF Clinic, Visakhapatnam, India; Genetics Department, [...]
A multi-regional study on new approaches to investigate the quality of human sperm – including DNA fragmentation, proteomics and metabolomics Hiva Alipour, Ingolf Nielsen, Fereshteh Dardmeh, Gerhard Van der Horst Aalborg University, Aalborg University Hospital, University of the Western Cape Background: Preliminary data has also shown that there is less fragmented sperm in 2nd and [...]
Sperm DNA Fragmentation Assays Correlate with Sperm Abnormal Morphology and the Pregnancy Outcome Adriana Fortunato, Rita Leo, Sofia Casale, Giuseppina Nacchia, Francesca Liguori, Elisabetta Tost Animal Physiology and Evolution laboratory Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy; DF center, Piazza Municipio 4, 80138- Naples, Italy Abstract: Purpose: A retrospective study of 89 hypo-fertile male patients attending [...]
