Open AccessSperm swim-up techniques and DNA fragmentation
Author(s) -
E.V. YoungLai,
David Holt,
Paula R. Brown,
Andrea Jurisicova,
Robert F. Casper
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/16.9.1950
Subject(s) - dna fragmentation , fragmentation (computing) , biology , genetics , andrology , computational biology , medicine , ecology , apoptosis , programmed cell death
Swim-up techniques for sperm separation may have detrimental effects on sperm DNA. We wished to determine whether the normal swim-up method with centrifugation used in our laboratory, which involves a centrifugation step, was harmful to sperm compared with swim-up without centrifugation.
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