News tagged with sperm quality

Preliminary study suggests frequent cycling could affect male fertility

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of men attending fertility clinics has found bicycling for five or more hours a week was associated with low sperm count and poor sperm motility.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

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

High levels of cycling training damage triathletes' sperm

The high-intensity training undertaken by triathletes has a significant impact on the quality of their sperm, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday 29 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Secret of sperm quality control revealed

Yale researchers have discovered how the "guardian of the genome'' oversees quality control in the production of sperm — and perhaps in many other cells as well.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast