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How sperms are attracted to ovum?
Understanding how sperm are attracted to ovaries and eggs might lead to treatments for problems with human conception.
Although scientists are still trying to figure out the exact chemicals that urge such an attraction, sperm swim vigorously in the direction of extracts from various female reproductive organs, especially ovaries.
Scientists call this type of attraction chemotaxis.
"Defects in sperm chemotaxis may be a cause of infertility, and consequently, sperm chemotaxis could potentially be used as a diagnostic tool to determine sperm quality or as a therapeutic procedure in male infertility," said study co-author Stephen Jacobson.
mouse sperm cells, researchers at the University of Indiana, Bloomington
Understanding how sperm are attracted to ovaries and eggs might lead to treatments for problems with human conception.
Sperm on a treadmill
Although scientists are still trying to figure out the exact chemicals that urge such an attraction, sperm swim vigorously in the direction of extracts from various female reproductive organs, especially ovaries.
What is chemotaxis?
Scientists call this type of attraction chemotaxis.
"Defects in sperm chemotaxis may be a cause of infertility, and consequently, sperm chemotaxis could potentially be used as a diagnostic tool to determine sperm quality or as a therapeutic procedure in male infertility," said study co-author Stephen Jacobson.
mouse sperm cells, researchers at the University of Indiana, Bloomington
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