Keep Calm and Carry on counting sperm For the past 8 years I have been teaching MSc students how to count sperm. However, a few years ago I read an interview published as part of ESHREs In Profile series where Jackson Kirkman-Brown suggests that a sperm count is a relatively poor index [...]
The evolutionary consequences of sperm competition or the lack of sperm competition Fig. 1: Scanning EM: Gerbil sperm. What is sperm competition? It is the competitive process between spermatozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg(s) during sexual reproduction. This form of competitive reproduction is by far [...]
Atelier "Sperm Today!", Togo C’est avec un immense plaisir que la Clinique BIASA à Lomé au Togo a pu accueillir au sein de son établissement l’atelier Sperm Today! les 20 et 21 juin 2022. Pendant ces 2 journées, les professionnels de la santé de la biologie de la reproduction d’Afrique de l’Ouest ont pu [...]
Male infertility: breaking taboo! MAN, since the dawn of time, he has been characterized by plenty of adjectives: Strong, Invincible, Combative, Courageous, Valiant, Determined, Daring, Intrepid... the list is long! MAN, why is it so complicated for this superhero to talk about male infertility? A quite challenging question that may raise several [...]
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 [...]
¿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 [...]
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 [...]
El pasado 18 de enero, nuestra empresa participó en la tercera edición del “Máster en Técnicas de Reproducción Humana Asistida”, organizado por Clínica Eugin y la UPF Barcelona School of Management, realizando un taller teórico-práctico sobre análisis de semen con los sistemas CASA de MICROPTIC. En esta sesión, celebrada en el nuevo [...]
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. [...]
