Mosquitoes No More? New Research Could Help Control Infectious Pests
Fighting back against mosquitoes by deactivating their sperm. A recent study conducted at UC Riverside makes it likely that proteins responsible for activating mosquito sperm…
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Urethra of Healthy Men Is Teeming With Microbial Life – Vaginal Sex Results in Distinct Microbiome
Contrary to common beliefs, your urine is not germ-free. In fact, a new study shows that the urethra of healthy men is teeming with microbial…
Get Fit and Fertile: Strong Link Found Between Physical Labor and Male Reproductive Health
Occupational factors, such as physical demands and work schedules, were associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone among men in the EARTH study. A…
Mystery of Naked Mole-Rats’ Exceptional Fertility Unlocked by New Research
New research suggests that naked mole-rats produce eggs throughout their lives, challenging the dogma that female mammals have a finite ovarian reserve. Unlike humans and…
500,000 American Men Get Vasectomies Every Year – A Specialist Explains the Quick and Simple Procedure
In any given year, about half a million men in the United States undergo a vasectomy. Although the percentage of men getting them had been…
Losing Weight Can Double Your Sperm Count and Improve Fertility
Obese men can double their sperm count Men all throughout the globe are experiencing declining semen quality, which is commonly referred to as an outright…
Scientists Have Figured Out Why Childbirth Became So Complex and Dangerous
A study finds that complex human childbirth and cognitive abilities are a result of walking upright. Childbirth in humans is much more complex and painful…
Previous Research Said Mothers of Twins Are More Fertile – Turns Out They Are Just Lucky
Is it true that women who have twins are more fertile? While prior research concluded they are, a rigorous analysis of more than 100,000 births…
Gene Responsible for Miscarriages Is Identified and Cured in Mice
A gene responsible for prenatal death when critical transgenerational instructions are missing from egg cells has been discovered by researchers at the RIKEN Center for…
New Study Links Inflammation from Obesity To Male Infertility
A new study sheds light on how obesity may contribute to male infertility. Published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology, the study reports that…
New Yale Study Links Childbearing to Accelerated Aging
New research from Yale University reveals the first evidence that childbearing may cause accelerated aging in women. The researchers tested 100 healthy postmenopausal women from…
Steps That Enable Human Stem Cells to Develop Into Egg Cells
The exact causes of infertility, which can affect around 10% of couples, are often unknown. In some cases, it may be a result of the…
Homosexual Behavior Among Fish Increases Attractiveness to Females
In many species, females are attracted to large, conspicuous males. But among animals that mate with many partners, males that manage to mate with more…
Lab-Made Mouse Oocytes Produce Fertile and Viable Offspring
Japanese scientists have been able to coax mouse stem cells into becoming viable eggs that were able to produce healthy offspring. This will provide a…
Lens-Free System Shows Spiraling Swimming Pattern of Human Sperm
A new three-dimensional imaging technique has shown the spiraling movements that human sperm accomplishes while swimming. Previously, these movements had only been inferred from two-dimensional…
Reproductive Cycle Put Dinosaurs at a Disadvantage
In a published study, scientists from the University of Zurich and Zoological Society of London describe how they believe the reproductive cycle of egg laying…
Birth Ratios Skew Towards More Females During Famine
In China, during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine, the male to female birth ratios fell significantly. This implies that whenever food is in short…
Researchers Study Regulatory Gene’s Role in Sperm Quality Control
Researchers at Yale University have discovered how the regulatory gene, p53, oversees quality control in the production of sperm and possibly other cells with damaged…
