Male Fertility in the Modern Age: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Reproductive Medicine & Andrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 497
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The last WHO report on infertility prevalence estimates that one in six people may experience infertility during their lifetime (WHO, 2023). It is calculated that a male factor may be the sole or a contributing cause in around 50% of infertile couples. Furthermore, recent evidence has shown a persistent and accelerated worldwide decline in semen quality, which, in 21st century, is reaching such levels that it is considered a real public health problem. Moreover, semen quality is now recognized as a marker of general health.
For all these reasons, this Special Issue will provide updated information on the possible causes of this decline, the therapeutic options to improve seminal parameters in terms of natural fertility, and new diagnostic tools for selecting the best spermatozoa for in vitro fertilization procedures. This Special Issue will be the right “place” for sharing experiences and discussing novel possibilities in the field of male infertility. Therefore, clinicians, researchers, and experts are invited to send their contributions and research findings to enable possible advancements in this field. We particularly encourage the submission of original research articles and high-interest systematic reviews and meta-analyses on this topic.
Dr. Angelo Alessandro Marino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- male infertility
- semen parameters
- sperm selection
- IVF/ICSI
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