News tagged with fertile males

Men can rest easy -- sex chromosomes are here to stay

Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Chickens eject sperm from males they don't fancy

New research finds that even though hens aren't terribly picky about their mates, they are picky about whose sperm makes it to the egg.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Crickets show path to chirpier sperm

New research suggests that men are what they eat, at least when it comes to reproductive health.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Skeleton regulates male fertility

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that the skeleton acts as a regulator of fertility in male mice through a hormone released by bone, known as osteocalcin.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Male reproductive problems may add to falling fertility rates

Reduced male fertility may be making it even harder for couples to conceive and be contributing to low birth rates in many countries, reveals a new European Science Foundation (ESF) report launching today.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCLA lens-free telemedicine microscope adds male fertility testing to its bag of tricks

Using holographic imaging system, the microscope can produce phase and amplitude images of semen samples in the field and identify which are moving and which are immotile.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Male sex hormones in ovaries essential for female fertility

Male sex hormones, such as testosterone, have well defined roles in male reproduction and prostate cancer. What may surprise many is that they also play an important role in female fertility. A new study finds that the presence ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cola and unhealthy lifestyle lower sperm count

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Danish study suggests drinking a lot of cola regularly could men’s lower sperm count by almost 30 percent. The culprit does not appear to be caffeine, since coffee did not have the same ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

'The pill' for him: Scientists find a hormonal on-and-off switch for male fertility

A new research report published in the December 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal could one day give men similar type of control over their fertility that women have had since the 1960s. That's because scientists have f ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sex Talk Revelations of the Lonely Y Chromosome

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the week that the University of Leicester celebrates the 25th anniversary of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting (Thursday September 10) new findings from the world-renowned University of Leicester Department ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Good males are bad fathers

Contrary to predictions, males of high genetic quality are not very successful when it comes to fertilizing eggs. A new study on seed beetles by Swedish and Danish scientists Göran Arnqvist and Trine Bilde shows that when ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Laptops Linked to Male Infertility

While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (14) | comments 2

Couples to rely on male contraceptive for new trial

(PhysOrg.com) -- Couples are being asked to replace their usual form of birth control with a new male contraceptive in a study to test its effectiveness.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solving the mystery of what puts sperm 'in the mood'

In a potential advance toward a male contraceptive pill and new treatments for infertility, researchers are reporting the identification of key biochemical changes that put sperm “in the mood” for fertilization.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Male infertility associated with testicular cancer

Men who are infertile appear to have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0