Sperm Disorders

A sperm is the male reproductive component that fertilizes an egg. Sperm are of a surprising low quality, but additional problems can hinder reproductive efforts. The sperm may be unable to swim s...

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ALL

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a life-threatening disease in which the cells that normally develop into lymphocytes become cancerous and rapidly replace normal cells in the bone marrow. ALL acc...

Ras is the first protein in the apoptosis cascade

Ras is the first protein in the apoptosis cascade, activated by tyrosine kinase receptors in response to growth factor stimulation from the extra cellular matrix. Ras is an oncogene, meaning it prom...

Luteinizing Hormone LH

Luteinizing hormone (LH), a gonadotropin, stimulates the gonads - in males, the testes, and in females, the ovaries. It is essential for reproduction, and secreted from cells in the anterior pituita...

Testicular Cancer

Testicular cancer represents only 1 per cent of all cancers in men, but it is the single biggest cause of cancer-related deaths in men aged 15-35 years in the UK. The causes of testicular cancer and...

Undescended Testes May Raise Cancer Risk (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Boys whose testes have not descended have three times the risk for the later development of testicular cancer, a meta-analysis suggested.

Testicular cancer risk tripled in boys whose testes fail to descend

Boys whose testes have not descended at birth—a condition known as cryptorchidism—are almost three times as likely to develop testicular cancer in later life, finds an analysis of the available ev...

Hope Springs Anew for Reversible Male Birth Control | 80beats

Hey baby, I take my pill every day…if you know what I mean Women can choose from a plethora of reversible birth control options, including diaphragms, IUDs, and the Pill. On the other hand, when me...

Undescended Testicles At Birth Raises Testicular Cancer Risk

Males with a condition known as cryptorchidism, when their testes have not descended at birth, are three times more likely to develop testicular cancer later on in life as adults, according to a recen...

Sexual medicine: PDE5 inhibitor protects testes

N-acetylcysteine protects against cadmium-induced germ cell apoptosis by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress in testes

Friday Weird Science: Why eat tongue when you can eat testes?

Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today , talking about a trematode that will shrink your gonads and take your penis in the bargain . [More]

A high‐throughput assay for enzymatic polyester hydrolysis activity by fluorimetric detection

A fluorimetric assay for the fast determination of the activity of polyester‐hydrolyzing enzymes in a large number of samples has been developed. Terephthalic acid is a main product of the enzymatic...

Laparoscopic management of impalpable testes: comparison of different techniques.

PURPOSE: Laparoscopy is an important modality for management of impalpable testes. We present long-term outcomes of intra-abdominal testes managed by either single stage orchidopexy or two-stage Fowle...

Polyorchidism with varicocele: a case report and review of literature.

Polyorchidism is defined as the presence of more than 2 histologically proven testes. We report the case of a 20-year-old man with polyorchidism, presenting with right scrotal pain and right scrotal o...

Mitochondrial signaling pathway is also involved in bisphenol A induced germ cell apoptosis in testes.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a potential endocrine disruptor and testicular toxicant. An earlier study showed that BPA-induced germ cell apoptosis through the Fas/FasL apoptotic pathway. In the present study,...

Findings of fat-suppressed T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of non-palpable testes.

Study Type - Diagnostic (exploratory cohort) Level of Evidence 2b OBJECTIVE To evaluate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, diagnostic accuracy and clinical usefulness of fat-suppressed T2-...

Analysis of laparoscopic orchidopexy in intra-abdominal testis.

Laparoscopy is an established diagnostic procedure but is less frequently used as a therapeutic method for impalpable testes. To compare the results of the classic two-stage orchidopexy described by F...