Floating in near-weightless conditions can be disorienting for even the most experienced astronauts. Male 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 ...

Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands of genes to form a sperm cell. The work, published March 3 as two papers in ...

Space is big, empty, and apparently very confusing if you’re a sperm cell. According to a new study from the University of ...

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, ...

LONDON — British scientists said Wednesday that they had created human sperm from embryonic stem cells for the first time, an accomplishment they say may someday help infertile men father children.

A team of researchers has reported a breakthrough in making sperm cell precursors in vitro that could be used in a number of ...

Sperm could struggle to fertilise eggs in space, first study of its kind finds - Lack of gravity seems to make it difficult ...