Purpose Although, at present, the selection of sperm prior to ICSI is based on motility and
morphology, undetectable anomalies, and more importantly damaged DNA are overlooked …

Disorders affecting the sperm, oocyte, or embryo may cause a significant fraction of
spontaneous miscarriages and cases of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Altered …

Sperm selection parameters based on morphology and motility for ICSI might not be relevant
to chromatin integrity. Thus sperm selection based on sperm characteristics has been …

Background Externalization of phosphatidylserine (EPS) occurs in apoptotic-like
spermatozoa and could be used to remove them from sperm preparations to enhance sperm …

Preselection of sex before conception has been one of the objectives pursued by scientists
and breeders for many years. The donkey milk industry has shown a greater commercial …

Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is the most severe form of male factor infertility. It is
characterized by a lack of spermatogenesis in the seminiferous tubules. Microdissection …

Purpose To investigate whether the sperm fertilizing potential can be improved by selecting
a non-apoptotic fraction using magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS), and to compare the …

Genetic and biochemical sperm integrity is essential to ensure the reproductive competence.
However, spermatogenesis involves physiological changes that could endanger sperm …

Certain features of capacitated or frozen–thawed spermatozoa have been considered to be
an apoptosis-like phenomenon, and, it has been suggested that the presence of apoptotic …