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Wellcome Image of the Month: Guy meets girl, sperm meets egg… or does it?
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) Guy meets girl, sperm meets egg and for many lucky couples having a baby is then a simple matter of biology. However, in reality the events that lead up to...
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How sperm find their way
Sperm swimming towards an egg The life of a sea urchin sperm is a difficult one. Once ejaculated, the cells have to navigate turbulent seas, with their eddies and currents, to fertilise a sea urchin...
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Monogamy is easy
In the latest of our shortlisted entries to the 2011 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, Fiona Lethbridge explains the reproductive strategies of the males of different insect species. It’s hard...
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Wellcome Image of the Month: Men’s Health
Abnormal human sperm To coincide with ‘Movember’, this month’s focus is on men’s health. Behind the month-long moustache growing event is an important message: to raise awareness of men’s health...
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A moving tail – studying sperm motility
Human sperm sample showing an exceptional sperm count. Infertility affects around 80 million couples worldwide, with problems in sperm motility playing a major role. Chrissie Giles spoke to some of...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 12.01.2015
Our fortnightly round-up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… Bacteria in the human gut have evolved to utilise yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Baker’s yeast, comonly used in brewing...
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