Research and innovation Archive

We keep on innovating: Sperm freezing carried out by the patient himself, at home or wherever he is

Progress in technology is changing how things work and innovation in healthcare should be oriented towards facilitating processes for patients. Telemedicine is imposed thanks to the wide range of possibilities offered by progress in email communication and fast messaging. The consultations via Skype are increasing, surgery is carried out by remote control, patients in...

Sharon Corr’s youngest fan

 I am very lucky to call the great Irish artist Sharon Corr a friend. A year and a half ago when Sharon, together with Álex Ubago, held a concert for the hundreds of embryos that were then developing in the incubators, a comment from her stuck in my mind: “Getting to meet the...

Passion for football starts before birth

As you already know, thanks to Babypod we are carrying out research studies about foetal response to different voices and tunes. In these studies, we have proved that foetuses can barely hear any noise coming from outside, but they can hear from week 16, when they measure 11 centimetres, only if the sound comes...

International day of women and girls in science

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the 11th February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Although the proportion of women with higher education is increasing, there are still very few who devote their professional lives to research. Moreover, it is not because of a lack of talent or will...

Sperm quality and chemical toxics

“Toxics are breaking our balls”. Under this motto, we want to alert about the environmental pollution caused by chemical toxics, which is the main cause of the worsening of the males’ sperm quality. Our scientific studies confirm it: they show that the causes classically attributed to this worsening (such as stress, tight pants, alcohol,...