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 ...

As a first step to decipher how environmental information is signaled to sperm, this study's team aimed to identify the enzymes responsible for tRNA cleavage in the epididymis. The researchers foc ...

For example, both knockout mice vastly reduced the count of sperm in the epididymis and the motility, while phenotypes in patients were rather milder. Addressing the differences in the roles that the ...

Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD Blue balls is a slang term for a medical condition called epididymal hypertension.

This is performed as an outpatient procedure, so you’ll be in and out within a day. This is when fluid collects from the epididymis (the tube behind the back of the testicle that stores sperm). The ...

The epididymis functions as transition zone for post-testicular sperm maturation and storage and faces contrasting immunological challenges, i.e. tolerance towards spermatozoa vs. reactivity against ...