How Shorter Abstention Improves Fertility (IMAGE)

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How Shorter Abstention Improves Fertility

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Researchers at a reproductive medical center at China Medical University have found that using semen produced after a short abstinence period of less than three hours increases a couple's chances of successful IVF. Their article in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics reports the results of a clinical trial and a molecular investigation of the sperm's better reproductive potential.

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Xiu-Xia Wang and Da Li, Center of Reproductive Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University

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