{"id":33156,"date":"2017-04-27T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=33156"},"modified":"2017-04-27T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:23:54","slug":"scientists-formulate-an-equation-for-the-perfect-sperm-this-is-why-this-discovery-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/scientists-formulate-an-equation-for-the-perfect-sperm-this-is-why-this-discovery-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"SCIENTISTS FORMULATE AN EQUATION FOR THE PERFECT SPERM&#8230; THIS IS WHY THIS DISCOVERY IS IMPORTANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sperm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sperm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sperm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sperm-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sperm-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sperm-174x98.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of scientists from the Birmingham University in England have formulated an equation for the perfect sperm according to <strong><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the scientists, the equation hold the key to fertility for couples hoping to conceive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Equation-for-perfect-sperm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Equation-for-perfect-sperm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Equation-for-perfect-sperm.png 600w, https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Equation-for-perfect-sperm-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The equation describes how efficient a sperm is when moving towards the egg, taking into account factors such as the length of its tail and the rate at which it oscillates.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also revealed the equation will help them create a mobile phone app that rates a man&#8217;s fertility in seconds, by analysing magnified images of sperm samples.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has the potential to transform fertility treatment,&#8221; Project leader Dr Dave Smith said as quoted on <strong><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Problems with the sperm is said to be a factor in half of infertility cases. Gauging the quality of a man&#8217;s sperm is reportedly challenging but the researchers believe with the equation, the accuracy of identifying the best individual candidate to inject into a woman&#8217;s egg can be drastically improved.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Smith also revealed sperm don&#8217;t swim in straight lines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They basically have to swim through mucus and to do that they snake through it in an S-shape and the equation above describes how efficiently they do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of scientists from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2584],"tags":[2688],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33158,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33156\/revisions\/33158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}