Purpose Advancing maternal and paternal age leads to a decrease in fertility, and hence,
many infertile couples opt for assisted reproductive technologies [ART] to achieve biological …

Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are generally characterized by excellent DNA
surveillance and repair, resulting in one of the lowest spontaneous mutation rates in the …

STUDY QUESTION What effects did treatment using hyaluronic acid (HA) binding/selection
prior to ICSI have on clinical outcomes in the Hyaluronic Acid Binding sperm Selection …

Testicular cancer (TC) is one of the most treatable of all malignancies and the management
of the quality of life of these patients is increasingly important, especially with regard to their …

Purpose Alcoholism is a heterogeneous set of disorders caused by ethanol intake. Harmful
effects of paternal consumption on the offspring are poorly explored and not fully …

Purpose The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of different ejaculatory
abstinence time frames (several days versus 1 h) on semen parameters, blastocysts ploidy …

In recent years, a growing number of studies seem to support the beneficial effects of a very
short abstinence period on sperm parameters, especially in patients with oligo …

Because sperm chromatin may play a key role in reproductive success, we verify the
associations between sperm chromatin abnormalities, embryo development and the ability …

Purpose Currently, assisted reproduction clinics employ various sperm selection techniques
to identify the best sperm for fertilization. However, these techniques may not assess crucial …

Background: Human sperm chromatin condensation is a sum of epigenetic events that
allows for the near-complete replacement of histones with protamines. Under high …