Substantive improvements in the treatment of pediatric diseases such as leukemia and sarcomas have led to greater numbers of survivors, many of whom have reduced fertility. One means of preserving the ...

Torsion of the testis is a condition where the testis spins resulting in twisting of the spermatic cord. It is essential to know in brief about the development and the structure of the testis and ...

A core challenge in biology is understanding how processes in the body, such as cellular development and regeneration, unfold ...

Polyorchidism is a rare condition that causes males to be born with more than two testicles. Usually, the condition involves three testicles. People with polyorchidism are born with more than two ...

A breakthrough study published in PLoS Biology demonstrates that rat testis tissue frozen for over 20 years can be successfully transplanted into infertile mice to regenerate and produce sperms.

Undescended testis, which is a risk factor for testicular cancer, is usually treated surgically, but whether the age at treatment has any effect on the risk is unclear. We studied the relation between ...

When a scrotum is empty this indicates an undescended testis. This occurs when a testis never moved down in to the scrotum as the male developed, or moves back up out of the scrotum and into the ...