stored for those with sperm concentration <1 million/mL ( Fig. 2 ). However, although sperm cryostorage as back up for ICSI may be justified, it is worth noting that post-thaw samples are likely to have significantly lower sperm count and poorer total and
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examine the impact of cryostorage on the lipid peroxidation levels observed prior to sperm separation. Details of the semen profiles for these additional subjects are also given in Table 1 . As indicated in Supplementary Table 1 (see section on
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issues of cross-contaminations in liquid nitrogen ( Bajerski et al. 2021 ), cryo-storage systems are prone to failures – from equipment breakdown to human error – which, recently, has led to dramatic sample losses in human fertility clinics and research