Advances in cryopreservation of bull sperm

MR Ugur, A Saber Abdelrahman, HC Evans… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cryopreservation of semen and artificial insemination have an important, positive impact on
cattle production, and product quality. Through the use of cryopreserved semen and artificial …

[HTML][HTML] Animal board invited review: an update on the methods for semen quality evaluation in swine–from farm to the lab

C Maside, S Recuero, A Salas-Huetos… - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
Pig breeding is mainly conducted through artificial insemination with liquid-stored semen. It
is, therefore, crucial to ensure that sperm quality is over the standard thresholds, as reduced …

Sperm quality metrics were improved by a biomimetic microfluidic selection platform compared to swim-up methods

SA Vasilescu, L Ding, FY Parast, R Nosrati… - Microsystems & …, 2023 - nature.com
Sperm selection is an essential component of all assisted reproductive treatments (ARTs)
and is by far the most neglected step in the ART workflow in regard to technological …

Human sperm uses asymmetric and anisotropic flagellar controls to regulate swimming symmetry and cell steering

H Gadêlha, P Hernández-Herrera, F Montoya… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Flagellar beating drives sperm through the female reproductive tract and is vital for
reproduction. Flagellar waves are generated by thousands of asymmetric molecular …

A microfluidic approach to rapid sperm recovery from heterogeneous cell suspensions

SA Vasilescu, S Khorsandi, L Ding, SR Bazaz… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The isolation of sperm cells from background cell populations and debris is an essential step
in all assisted reproductive technologies. Conventional techniques for sperm recovery from …

Protoplast Isolation and Shoot Regeneration from Protoplast-Derived Callus of Petunia hybrida Cv. Mirage Rose

HH Kang, AH Naing, CK Kim - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

Assessment of sperm motility in livestock: Perspectives based on sperm swimming conditions in vivo

D Waberski, SS Suarez, H Henning - Animal reproduction science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of sperm motility is well-established in farm animals for quickly selecting
ejaculates for semen processing into insemination doses and for evaluating the quality of …

[HTML][HTML] motilitAI: A machine learning framework for automatic prediction of human sperm motility

S Ottl, S Amiriparian, M Gerczuk, BW Schuller - iscience, 2022 - cell.com
In this article, human semen samples from the Visem dataset are automatically assessed
with machine learning methods for their quality with respect to sperm motility. Several …

[HTML][HTML] What is the importance of sperm subpopulations?

F Martínez-Pastor - Animal Reproduction Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The study of sperm subpopulations spans three decades. The origin, meaning, and practical
significance, however, are less clear. Current technology for assessing sperm morphology …

NADPH Oxidase 5 and melatonin: Involvement in ram sperm capacitation

S Miguel-Jiménez, B Pina-Beltrán… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential role in mammalian sperm capacitation.
NADPH oxidase 5 (NOX5) has been described as the main source of ROS production in …