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Christopher Polge and Lionel Edward Aston Rowson’s Experiments on the Freezing of Bull Spermatozoa (1950–1952)
By: Bailey Renee
| Published: Dec 19, 2017
In 1952, researchers Christopher Polge and Lionel Edward Aston Rowson, who worked at the Animal Research Center in Cambridge, England, detailed…
GlycerinCryopreservationSpermatozoaMicroorganisms--CryopreservationExperiments
Nicolaas Hartsoeker (1656-1725)
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Sep 26, 2008
Nicolaas Hartsoeker, a Dutch astronomer, optics manufacturer, and naturalist, was born 26 March 1656 in Gouda, Netherlands, and died 10 December 1725…
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“Revival of Spermatozoa after Dehydration and Vitrification at Low Temperatures” (1949), by Christopher Polge, Audrey Ursula Smith, and Alan Sterling Parkes
By: Bailey Renee
| Published: Oct 05, 2017
In the 1949 article “Revival of Spermatozoa after Dehydration and Vitrification at Low Temperatures,” researchers Christopher Polge, Audrey Ursula…
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Understanding and Treating Gonorrhea from the Eighteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jul 08, 2024
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease, or STD, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Common symptoms of the disease include painful…
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The Procedure for Semen Analysis as described in the World Health Organization's Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen (2021)
By: Logan Hunt
| Published: Jul 08, 2024
In 2021, the World Health Organization, or WHO, published the sixth edition of their Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human…
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Ernest John Christopher Polge (1926-2006)
By: Bailey Renee
| Published: Jan 30, 2018
Twentieth-century researcher Ernest John Christopher Polge studied the reproductive processes of livestock and determined a method to successfully…
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Spermism
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Aug 13, 2008
Spermism was one of two models of preformationism, a theory of embryo generation prevalent in the late seventeenth through the end of the eighteenth…
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No-scalpel Vasectomy
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jul 04, 2022
No-scalpel vasectomy, or NSV or keyhole vasectomy, is a surgical method of sterilization that involves puncturing the skin of the scrotum to access…
TechnologySterilizationVasectomyMale SterilizationFamily Planning
“Impact of COVID-19 and Other Viruses on Reproductive Health” (2020), by Osamah Batiha, Taghleb Al-Deeb, Esra’a Al-zoubi, and Emad Alsharu
By: Logan Hunt
| Published: Jun 05, 2025
In 2020, Osamah Batiha and colleagues published their article “Impact of COVID-19 and Other Viruses on Reproductive Health,'' hereafter “Impact of…
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“Causes of Male Infertility: A 9-year Prospective Monocentre Study on 1737 Patients with Reduced Total Sperm Counts” (2016), by Margus Punab, Oliv Poolamets, Piia Paju, Vladimir Vihljajev, Kristjan Pomm, Ruth Ladva, Paul Korrovits, and Maris Laan
By: Logan Hunt
| Published: Sep 20, 2024
In December of 2016, Margus Punab and colleagues published “Causes of Male Infertility: A 9-year Prospective Monocentre Study on 1737 Patients with…
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