Michelle Emblenton, biochemist at inviTRA, tells us about the hypoosmotic test:
In this test the sperm will be placed into a special medium, a special liquid, and it's designed to look at the membranes of the sperm cells to check if they are viable and motile. If the sperm cells are in poor quality, poor condition or perhaps dead, they will not swell and, therefore, we will know that they are not good sperm with good motility.
Read the full article on: Male Fertility Testing – How Do You Know if You Are Infertile? ( 69).
Michelle Lorraine Embleton
B.Sc. Ph.D.
Biochemist
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK, specialising in DNA : protein intereactions. BSc honours degree in Molecular Biology, Univerisity of Bristol. Translation and editing of scientific and medical literature.
