Instant sperm

Abstract This practical manual on sperm analysis presents the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are used in andrology laboratories to analyse and assess mal...

It is now routine to offer men the opportunity to bank sperm prior to medical treatments where there is a high risk of testicular damage. Some men also elect to bank sperm prior to...

Darwin identified the existence of separate male and female gametes as one of the central mysteries of evolutionary biology. 150 years later, the question of why male gametes exist...

A concise overview of fertility technology—its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world. In the late 1850s, a physician ...

This chapter explores how service members with injuries that damage sexual and reproductive functioning may experience the psychosocial implications of impaired fertility. It addre...

Creating families can no longer be described by heterosexual reproduction in the intimacy of a couple's home and the privacy of their bedroom. To the contrary, babies can be brough...

As up to 4% of all pregnancies and deliveries are the result of assisted reproductive technology treatment in developed countries, fertility treatment in general has become an impo...