Highly reactive oxygen radicals such as the superoxide anion (* 0;>, the hydroxyl radical (.
OH), and the hypochlorite radical (* OHCl) comprise what is called the reactive oxygen …

Objective To review recent studies on the development of new tests of human sperm
function and evaluation of which sperm characteristics are most important for fertilization in …

The objective of this study was to develop a relatively simple test to evaluate the functional
integrity of the membranes of human spermatozoa. As in some other species, human …

Representing the 60 trillion cells that build a human body, a sperm and an egg meet,
recognize each other, and fuse to form a new generation of life. The factors involved in this …

Intact human sperm incorporated radiolabelled fatty acids into membrane phospholipids
when incubated in medium containing bovine serum albumin as a fatty acid carrier. The …

A repeatable procedure for fertilization of bovine ova in vitro is described. Oocytes were
recovered from ovarian follicles or from oviducts near the time of ovulation following …

We describe two methods for detecting acrosome reactions of human sperm at the light
microscopic level. The techniques include the use of a supravital stain to detect dead sperm …

The spermatozoa of most invertebrates (eg, sea urchins) and nonmammalian vertebrates
(eg, fishes and amphibians) have full capacity to fertilize eggs upon leaving the testis …

Abstract αβ T lymphocytes are able to detect even a single peptide–major histocompatibility
complex (MHC) on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell,. This is despite clear evidence …

The authors present their initial results with the hemizona assay (HZA), which was
developed to predict the fertilizing potential of spermatozoa. The HZA uses the matching …