Extracting sperm direct from testes may be about to get a lot easier. That's according to results of an experimental procedure carried out on testes from transsexual patients, donated post-removal.

Imagine the sudden death of a young husband, the promise of a future together snatched away — except for his sperm, an ethically dubious option for having a family with the one you loved. As discussed ...

A Chinese hospital is reportedly employing the use of high-tech machines to ease the process for sperm donors and infertility patients. The machines made headlines for obvious reasons back in 2012 ...

Researchers have used an original proteomic strategy to identify a biomarker for residual spermatogenesis in the semen of patients with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA). In a study of 40 men, the ...

Many causes of azoospermia (semen without sperm) are treatable, and fertility can be restored in some cases. Know how sperm extraction for IVF/ICSI is done in such cases. Another common genetic cause ...

Spermatogenesis is a complex process, taking more than a month to create functional sperm in vivo. Men who receive chemotherapy for cancer during childhood often experience disrupted spermatogenesis ...

As a medical social worker at Israel’s Kaplan Hospital, Prof. Shir Daphna-Tekoah is no stranger to trauma. But when she was drafted in to work on October 7, the day Hamas attacked Israeli farms, ...