Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways Sperm can live for up to five days inside the female reproductive ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...

An egg cell and a sperm need to hold together tightly in the Fallopian tube in order to fuse, resulting in the creation of a new organism. One key part of this process involves the proteins Juno, on ...

Could temperature be the real trigger behind male fertility? A new study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests exactly that—and its findings could reshape our understanding of how life ...

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has discovered a crucial step in how chromosomes stay connected during the development for egg cells and sperm, ...

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Now, an international team of researchers led by ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

A groundbreaking experiment transforms skin cells into egg-like cells, offering hope for infertility treatments amidst ...