Patricia Martin-DeLeon, a reproductive biologist at the University of Delaware, and her team have revealed as to what happens just before the sperm’s entry into the egg. The research was conducted in mice using a high-powered, three-dimensional super-resolution microscope.
Month: September 2015
These States are Having the Safest (and Least Safe) Sex
According to Trojan, states were scored on two measures of safer sex: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception. For STD rates, HIV, gonorrhea, and syphilis rates per every 100,000 citizens was examined, as well as the percentage of adults in the state who reported ever receiving an HIV test.
Want an HD Home Video of Your Sperm? The Future Is Coming
Aidmics, a Taiwanese start-up microscopic biology firm, announced its plans to release a new at-home fertility test for men. Aidmics hopes its test will help plug the gender gap in fertility tools and allow men to detect basic fertility issues discretely and quickly.
Birth Control: Stroke Risk Higher In Women Taking The Pill, Other Risk Factors
New findings published in the journal MedLink Neurology reveal that using birth control pills may increase stroke risk in women, particularly among those who are already at a higher risk of stroke.
What to Expect When Both of You Are Expecting
“What are the chances?” we ask with some frequency around the FiveThirtyEight offices. But when it comes from a colleague who’s trying to make sense of getting pregnant within just a couple of weeks of her wife, it commands some out-of-the-ordinary attention. Two pregnant women, due three weeks apart.
Why Fertility Treatment Deserves state Funding
Recently I attended a “summit meeting” in Washington to discuss means of improving access to fertility treatment globally for those who need it.Delegates had to apply to attend this conference and my raison d’etre was that I work in Ireland, one of only three countries in the EU where fertility treatments such as IUI or IVF are not funded by the State.
Ruling Sets Up New Review of Religious Objections to Contraceptive Mandate
A federal appeals court ruling Thursday could lead to a new Supreme Court test of the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, examining whether the Obama administration has done enough to accommodate the objections of religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations such as universities, hospitals and charities.
UK Scientists Seek Permission to Genetically Modify Human Embryos
Scientists in Britain have applied for permission to genetically modify human embryos as part of a research project into the earliest stages of human development.
Why the UK Sperm Bank is Running Short
Why are so few men willing to donate to sperm banks? Some blame changes in anonymity laws, which now allow children to trace their biological fathers at 18, but as a neuroscientist I think one of the reasons might be old-fashioned performance anxiety.
French start Up claims Development of In-vitro Human Sperm
A French startup working with a top government lab said it has developed in-vitro human sperm, claiming a breakthrough in infertility treatment sought for more than a decade.