Tag: ICSI

The quality of sperm may be more than meets the eye

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 …

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All we need from a sperm is its DNA.

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.

They looked at …

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