Epididymitis is characterized by pain, redness, and swelling, usually in one testicle only. Bacterial infections are the main ...

The pioneering research of UC Santa Cruz’s Upasna Sharma to determine how a father’s life experiences and environment can influence the health and wellbeing of his children moves forward with the ...

Sperm cells mature in the epididymis, a 20-foot-long series of thin, tightly coiled tubes. Sperm take from two to 12 days to pass through the epididymis and to develop the ability to swim and ...

In their most recent study, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Sharma and her team revealed a previously unknown role of four genes expressed specifically in the cells of the epididymis ...