Reproductive Partners Fertility Blog » ICSI http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog Helping couples acheive the dream of being parents. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:33:43 +0000 en hourly 1 The quality of sperm may be more than meets the eye http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/386/the-quality-of-sperm-may-be-more-then-meets-the-eye.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/386/the-quality-of-sperm-may-be-more-then-meets-the-eye.html#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 20:04:41 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=386 For a long time we have been able to assess a man's sperm quality by looking at the number of sperm, the effective motility of the sperm and the shape of the sperm to evaluate a man's fertility potential. But we now know that what we can see only tells us part of the story. In recent years a lot …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/386/the-quality-of-sperm-may-be-more-then-meets-the-eye.html/feed 0 All we need from a sperm is its DNA. http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/351/all-we-need-from-a-sperm-is-its-dna.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/351/all-we-need-from-a-sperm-is-its-dna.html#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:03:42 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=351 And its appearance is not a reflection of the DNA. That's what I've been telling couples when the male has severe abnormalities in his semen parameters. This especially applies to the appearance of the sperm (teratozoospermia), the strict morphology. Now a study in the March 2010 issue of Fertility & Sterility confirms the accuracy of my statement.

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