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Testes

The male reproductive organs, which produce sperm and hormones.

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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
13 May 2022 • 2 minutes read

Rat testicle cells frozen for 23 years make sperm

by David Cansfield

Rat testicle stem cells that were frozen for 23 years and then grafted onto infertile mice, have been shown to produce viable sperm...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
8 April 2022 • 2 minutes read

Stem-cell-derived rat sperm cells used to produce healthy offspring

by Abbie Harper

Functional sperm have been developed in vitro from rat stem cells and used to fertilise eggs and produce healthy offspring for the first time...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
25 March 2022 • 2 minutes read

3D printing used to create testicular tubules

by David Cansfield

Testicular tubules have been created using a 3D printing technique for the first time ever, which may provide hope for men with infertility...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Comment
28 February 2022 • 5 minutes read

Fertility testing: the forgotten man

by Srividya Seshadri and 2 others

A heterosexual relationship is generally comprised of equally contributing male and female partners...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Reviews
18 February 2022 • 3 minutes read

Video Review: Male Testicular Health and Fertility

by Tom Turner

In the sexual health classes I took at school, I do not remember there being a great deal of time dedicated to testicles...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
26 November 2021 • 2 minutes read

Testicular tissue rejuvenation trial hoped for in Scotland

Pioneering research seeks to preserve fertility in boys and young men who undergo childhood cancer treatment...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
29 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Brain inflammation caused by air pollution reduces sperm count in mice

by Dr Ara Schorscher-Petcu

Inflammation of certain neurons in the hypothalamus region of the brain is responsible for reduced sperm counts in male mice exposed to high-levels of air pollution, scientists have shown...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
22 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Patient has low sperm count 11 weeks after severe COVID-19

by Francesca Gavins

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in the semen of a COVID-19 patient taking part in a longitudinal study into the impact of the virus on male fertility...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Comment
11 October 2021 • 6 minutes read

Advances in Assisted Reproduction: What Can We Expect?

by Annabel Slater

Sarah Norcross, director of the Progress Educational Trust, invited the audience of the event to consider where assisted reproductive technologies stood 55 years ago...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
10 September 2021 • 2 minutes read

Functional sperm developed from mouse pluripotent stem cells

by Purvi Shah

Researchers in Japan have successfully demonstrated the development of functional sperm cells that developed into fertile offspring from pluripotent embryonic stem cells, in mice...

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