Human reproduction requires both male and female gametes. Gametes are special sex cells that contain the genetic information necessary to create a new life. Men produce millions of gametes called ...

A colony of human embryonic stem cells is seen on a computer monitor at the University of Wisconsin–MadisonDarren Hauck / Getty Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed ...

A new mathematical model predicts that mammalian sperm cells have two distinct swimming modes. This prediction opens new questions about potential connections between sperm cells’ motor activity and ...

News-Medical spoke to Professor Natan Shaked about his new sperm cell imaging technique that could be used to help improve the outcomes of IVF treatments.Thought LeadersProfessor Natan ShakedAssociate ...

During mammalian reproduction, millions of sperm undertake a journey that only one will finish. This journey to fertilization has been commonly viewed as a race: a sea of sperm competing to get to the ...

Sperm is a reproductive cell created in the testicles. Males produce millions of these cells each day, but it takes only one sperm to fertilize an egg. This article outlines what sperm are, where they ...