The Effect of “Personal Lubricants” on Sperm Quality Personal lubricants’ effect on sperm motility: Four students from the University of Aalborg used the SCA CASA system to conduct a study accessing the topic of personal lubricants’ effect on male fertility. Many couples use personal lubricants to enhance pleasure during intercourse, but not [...]
Barcelona, our city, hosted the 34rd Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in which Microptic participated with an innovative booth. At this special edition our company presented the new SCA SCOPE, a lab equipment for semen assessment that comprises both software and hardware. Thus, analysis can be [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
