The Effect of Hyaluronan on Morphology, Motility and Vitality of Mouse Sperm before Cryopreservation and After the Thawing
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2008-12-20
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Introduction: Sperm Cryopreservation is widely used as a way of preserving the male sperm used in future artificial insemination and fertilization. Despite all the recent advances in Cryopreservation technology, sperm motility is negatively affected by freezing and the thawing afterwards. Yet hyaluronic acid is believed to improve the vitality and motility of the sperm, enhancing the physiological functions of spermatozoa for the conception. This study investigates the effects of hyaluronan (HA) supplementation on characteristics of morphology, motility and vitality of mice sperm before the freezing and after the thawing.