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Nutrition and Reproductive Health: Sperm versus Erythrocyte Lipidomic Profile and -3 Intake Gabriela Ruth Mendeluk, Mariano Isaac Cohen, Carla Ferreri, and Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu Laboratory of Male Fertility, Hospital de Cl´ınicas “Jos´e de SanMart´ın”, INFIBIOC, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, 5950-800 Buenos Aires, Argentina; Urology Division, Hospital de Cl´ınicas “Jos´e de SanMart´ın”, [...]

Effect of environmental pH on sperm kinematic characteristics H. Alipour, F. Dardmeh, M.C. Dissing, H.I. Nielsen Laboratory of Reproductive biomedicine, Biomedicine Group, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; ORIGIO A/S, Maaloev, Denmark Semen preparation medium have an important role in assisted reproduction techniques and their composition influences sperm [...]

Effect of short abstinence time on sperm motility parameters H. Alipour, F. Dardmeh, G. Van Der Horst, G. Manoharan, A. Askeland, H.I. Nielsen Laboratory of Reproductive Biomedicine, Biomedicine group, Dept. of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape town, South Africa The importance of [...]

Influence of two commercially available lubricants on sperm motility and kinematics H.I. Nielsen, F. Dardmeh, K. Kannik, A.B.K. Jeppesen, L. Søresen, M.B. Hjelm, H. Alipour Department of Health Science and Technology, Biomedicine Group, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark The use of lubricants is occasionally requested during intercourse and semen collection for assisted reproduction [...]

Comparison of different counting chambers using a computer-assisted semen analyzer Nanni Peng, Xiangli Zou, and Lingwei Li Reproductive Medical Center, People’s Hospital of Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China A routine computer-assisted sperm analysis is an important diagnostic test in the andrology laboratory. To evaluate the accuracy and precision of the  different types of counting chambers [...]

Fragmentation of sperm DNA using the TUNEL method P.H. Chenlo, S.M. Curi, M.N. Pugliese, J.I. Ariagno, M. Sardi-Segovia, M.J. Furlan, H.E. Repetto, E. Zeitler, M. Cohen, G.R. Mendeluk Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Hospital de Clínicas ‘‘José de San Martín’’, Buenos Aires, Argentina Objectives: To establish the [...]

Photobiomodulation with light-emitting diodes improves sperm motility in men with asthenozoospermia Ban Frangez H1, Frangez I, Verdenik I, Jansa V, Virant Klun I. Reproductive Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slajmerjeva 3, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia Sperm motility is an important parameter of male fertility and depends on energy consumption. Photobiomodulation with [...]

Obesity is associated with increased seminal insulin and leptin alongside reduced fertility parameters in a controlled male cohort Leisegang K, Bouic PJ, Menkveld R, Henkel RR Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa BACKGROUND: Obesity appears to be associated with male reproductive dysfunction and infertility, although [...]

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 [...]