Environmental contaminants
Are emerging environmental contaminants a threat to male fertility? Unexplained male infertility is evident in up to 25% of male factor infertility cases and exposure to environmental contaminants could be one of many culprits in the global [...]
Seminograma
¿Qué es un seminograma y para qué sirve? El seminograma es una prueba fundamental para determinar el grado de fertilidad masculina. Suele realizarse en el marco de un tratamiento de reproducción asistida, cuando los miembros de la [...]
Tracking sperm over 50 years
Tracking sperm over 50 years: From manual video micrography to cutting edge Computer Aided Sperm Analysis Currently, Computer Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA) systems are highly sophisticated and are used to evaluate sperm quality quantitatively by measurement of [...]
Configuración microscopio y cámara
Nuestro gran amigo, el microscopio El gran amigo de cualquier biólogo, veterinario, investigador, técnico, etc., que trabaje con muestras de semen es… ¡el microscopio! El microscopio es una herramienta esencial para poder llevar a cabo la gran [...]
Leukocytospermia
Is my semen infected? Everything you need to know about leukocytospermia What is leukocytospermia? Leukocytes are white blood cells, which protect the body against infectious diseases and foreign invaders. An increase in leukocytes in the body can [...]
Sperm & Music
On the sperm of the moment Prologue by Gerhard van der Horst It was indeed mentally a tough two years with Covid around and in my discussions with Microptic re the next blog I should write, I [...]