New Leaders In Fertility & Endocrinology

Using innovative approaches, the clinicians at New LIFE developed a research model to assess the effects of a compound, Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) on sperm motion. Sperm must undergo changes in motility to be able to reach and fertilize an egg. This is part of a process called, sperm capacitation. PAF was known to enhance mechanisms inside of cells that is related to cell motion.

In this study, Drs Ripps, Minhas and colleagues showed that exposure of sperm to PAF at different concentrations resulted in increased sperm motility consistent with the capacitation process. This same treatment may prove useful for treating infertile men with slow sperm.

The full article can be viewed the recent issue of the journal: Early Pregnancy: