Impact of spontaneous smoking cessation on sperm quality: case report E. Prentki Santos, S. López-Costa, P. Chenlo, M. N. Pugliese, S. Curi, J. Ariagno, H. Repetto, M. Sardi, L. Palaoro & G. Mendeluk Laboratory of Andrology and Male Fertility, Clinical Hospital, INFIBIOC, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Urology Division, Tobacco Cessation Program, Ramos Mejía Hospital, [...]
Morphometric dimensions of the human sperm head depend on the staining method used L. Maree, S.S. du Plessis, R. Menkveld and G. van der Horst Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa. Division of Medical Physiology; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg [...]
Variation of semen parameters in healthy medical students due to exam stress Fanuel Lampiao College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi Aim This study was aimed at investigating semen parameters that vary most in samples of healthy donors undergoing stressful examination period. Methods Samples were left to liquefy in an incubator at 37°C, 5% CO2 for 30 [...]
SpermBlue®: A new universal stain for human and animal sperm which is also amenable to automated sperm morphology analysis G van der Horst; L. Maree Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, South Africa Our study was aimed at exploring a simple procedure to stain differentially the acrosome, head, [...]
Effects of H2O2 exposure on human sperm motility parameters, reactive oxygen species levels and nitric oxide levels S. S. du Plessis, D. A. McAllister, A. Luu, J. Savia, A. Agarwal& F. Lampiao Divison of Medical Physiology, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa;Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA [...]
Functional polymorphism in H2BFWT-5'UTR is associated with susceptibility to male infertility Lee J, Park HS, Kim HH, Yun YJ, Lee DR, Lee S Department of Pharmacology, CHA Stem Cell Institute, School of Medicine, CHA University, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Kyunggi-Do, Korea H2B histone family, member W, testis-specific (H2BFWT) gene encodes a testis-specific histone that becomes incorporated into [...]
Clinical implementation of the Halosperm® test kit in combination with SCA® Kellie Williams, PhD and J. Kevin Thibodeaux, PhD, HCLD Tulsa Fertility Center, 115 East 15th St., Tulsa OK 74119 Fertility Magazine, Volume 12, pages 66-68
Evaluation of automated system Sperm Class Analyzer (SCA) for semen analysis Carlos Aulesa, M. Cabrera, R. Alonso, M. Benítez y M. Martínez Unidad de Seminología, Laboratorios Clínicos, Ciutat Sanitària Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, España Objective Evaluation of the efficiency of the New Sperm Class Analyzer® (SCA v.3.2.0) in sperm automated analysis for the calculation of the [...]
Male gamete survival at stake: causes and solutions Alex C Varghese, Stefan S du Plessis, Ashok Agarwal Reproductive Research Centre, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Division of Medical Physiology, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa; Correspondence: Andrology Laboratory and the Reproductive Research Centre, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and Department of [...]
First Evaluation of Human Sperm Quality in Various Geographic Regions of Switzerland Michel Crausaz, Josefina Vargas, Roumen Parapanov, Yves Chollet, Marc Wisard, Eric Stettler, Alfred Senn, and Marc Germond Service de chirurgie thoracique et vasculaire, University Hospital of Lausanne; Fondation FABER, Lausanne, Switzerland; Centre for Medically Assisted Procreation (CPMA) Abstract: A decline in human sperm quality and quantity [...]
