Important discovery for fertility! UV effect

One of the most fundamental problems of humanity even today is fertility and reproductive problems. Especially today, it is among the important factors affecting men’s sperm quality and fertility. Ali Vafaie and his team, conducting research within the scope of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), came up with an important discovery in this sense. Accordingly, UV rays have a healing effect on fertility and sperm quality.

Sperm quality increases by 266 percent with UV rays

In their research, scientists exposed each sperm cell to UV light separately. In fact, previous research revealed that UV rays improved sperm quality. However, it was revealed for the first time how effective UV rays are and how much they improve sperm quality.

Accordingly, the researchers encapsulated sperm cells into microdroplets. Sperms exposed to UV light gained 266 percent strength. At the same time, 34 percent of the immobile sperm cells gained mobility.

This high rate of sperm power increase also increases sperm quality. In particular, the acceleration and mobility of sperm also increases the rate of reproduction. The fact that UV rays improve sperm quality so much is also a ray of hope for patients receiving infertility treatment. Expensive drug treatments, especially to improve sperm quality and infertility, can be replaced by UV radiation treatment that is applicable to everyone.

Decrease in sperm quality has been increasing recently due to reasons such as air pollution, irregular and fatty diet, and lack of exercise. Especially the increase in immobile sperm cells is a significant obstacle to fertility. Even though sperm power increased in this research, only 34 percent of immobile sperm could gain power. In this sense, although UV rays are an important revolution for sperm quality, research continues for infertility treatment.

In this sense, an important study investigating the genetic codes behind human infertility was featured in a special file in Science magazine last year. Yet another research is trying to unravel the secret of what kind of competition exists between highly motile sperm. In short, scientists are investigating all kinds of possibilities, including UV rays, to increase fertility and improve sperm quality.