Not of Mice and Men but Rat sperm morphology quantified In a previous Microptic blog in 2015, we reported on the SCA TOX system of Microptic and its uses in reproductive toxicology testing. It was further indicated that tailor made modules exist for sperm motility, vitality, fragmentation and that in principle it [...]
La versión 6.3 del sistema CASA Sperm Class Analyzer está disponible para todas las ediciones e incluye algunas nuevas características como la rapidez o un programa de mejora de la experiencia del cliente. Los usuarios deben contactar con nosotros para su instalación. Recuerden estar al día con la última versión contratando el [...]
Better sperm motility and kinematics after short vs. long ejaculatory abstinence It has long been observed that semen volume, sperm concentration and total sperm counts increase with increasing duration of abstinence; However, recent studies suggest that there is a paradoxical improvement of sperm motility and kinematic parameters with shorter abstinence periods. [...]
We want to finalize the year giving some small reflections regarding infertility and showing three videos, made by SCA users from different continents in order to reassure the patients with the male infertility analysis. You will see that SCA is able to unify processes in semen analysis whatever the country and its [...]
Sperm functionality: Importance in assessing sperm quality, fertilization success and live birth outcome The WHO5 manual (2010) for semen analysis in 2010 sparked a great deal of debate. Perhaps the most important aspects emerging from the debate was that specific “single value” cut-off points are not useful to distinguish between “good and [...]
Three SCA upgrades and training to Germplasm, Conservation and Reproductive Biotechnologies (GCRB) Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Irene, Pretoria Figure 1: The ARC-GCRB personnel. The ARC-GCRB laboratories based in Pretoria-Irene, is well known for its reproductive biology research on indigenous South African domestic animals. There are dozens of unique indigenous [...]
La 33ª Reunión anual de la European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) en Ginebra, Suiza, finalizó con una exitosa participación de Microptic. Con un estand minimalista en la zona de exposición, nuestra compañía presentó las principales características de los sistemas CASA SCA y MetaClass, así como el nuevo packaging del [...]
Este año Microptic ha iniciado una colaboración con Embryotools, con el objetivo de realizar análisis de esperma en su laboratorio y proporcionar formación sobre los sistemas CASA. El sistema CASA SCA® está ahora en marcha en este laboratorio de renombre que, por el momento, está analizando el parámetro de movilidad. Gracias a [...]
La edición de 2017 del Control de Calidad Externo para humano está disponible en mySCA para clientes con el mantenimiento contratado. MICROPTIC ofrece este servicio gracias a sus colaboradores con consolidada experiencia en análisis de semen guiado por ordenador (Computer Aided Semen Analysis – CASA) en los últimos 20 años. Ver más [...]
Personal lubricants; for or against conception? Personal lubricants are occasionally demanded during intercourse or semen collection in clinical settings. This could be posing a problem for couples looking to conceive, as several lubricants have been reported to decrease sperm functional parameters, especially sperm motility as the most important marker of a successful [...]
