Technological and engineering updates to take care of male fertility It should come as no surprise that technology has made significant enhancements. Daily life is filled with incredible evidence of how far our lives have come from what we see, read, hear and living within every moment. We can enrich the quality [...]
Are factors apart from sperm functional parameters important in assessing potential male fertility? In previous blogs I alluded to the many ways used to assess sperm quality. The gold standard for human semen analysis is the World Health Organization Manual. The most recent edition is referred to as WHO 6 (2021). I [...]
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 decline in male fertility. Since many of these compounds end up in water bodies, it [...]
¿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 pareja detectan dificultades para conseguir un embarazo. Asimismo, sirve para determinar si el hombre sufre [...]
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 sperm concentration, motility, morphology, vitality, fragmentation, and the acrosome reaction among others. These aspects incorporate [...]
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 mayoría de pruebas para el análisis de semen. Para hacer uso del microscopio es necesario [...]
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 be a sign of infection or inflammation. These leukocytes are commonly found in semen samples. [...]
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 suggested that we do something light and full of fun before Christmas. I then suggested [...]
Team Building: 5 reasons why I enjoyed this experience! (Click images to enlarge) Last month on a Friday afternoon, a part of Microptic team participated on a surprising journey, all together, somewhere “out of the office”. Therefore, I am going to explain you a little bit what we did that [...]
Microptic Technical Support Service: helping customers worldwide At Microptic we offer real-time help to solve any kind of problem that a technician might have with our programs and, for this, we manage different situations. As a help desk engineer, I will explain a part of my every day. The first factor is [...]
