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In this special edition, we will take some time to educate ourselves about the SCSA test, evaluate the evidence surrounding it, and make comparisons regarding just how shitty our comparative semen specimens really are. This special edition is not meant to influence your decision to have an SCSA, to give an opinion about your choice of having done an SCSA, or to cause you to scream at your doctor for have/not having made this test available to you. As with most things in life, you can do whatever the hell you want...you just better know what the hell you're doing.
If you have male-factor infertility, or even if you have had recurrent pregnancy loss or implantation failure, your doctor may suggest performing an SCSA test. The SCSA is a test that examines the DNA within the sperm for fragmentation. Fragment-who-tion? This test checks the DNA within the sperm for damage, breakage, and general nastiness. Why do we care about DNA nastiness? Well, as many of you know, those perfect little babies we desire are made up of 46 chromosomes. 23 of those chromosomes come from the egg, and 23 come from the sperm. When those 23 chromosomes combine, an embryo is formed, well, technically a zygote is formed, but whatever.
If fertilization occurs, the egg will chug along on it's own devices for about 3 days or so. Why? Sperm DNA damage does not appear to affect fertilization or the 2nd or 3rd cell division. On the 3rd day of division, when the embryo is around 4-8 cells, the 46 chromosomes activate.
Ding! The lights of potential life turn on, and the embryo's own DNA will control cell division and differentiation from 8 cells to two-thousand-hundred-gazillion-trillion cells. However, if the DNA from either the egg or the sperm is damaged, things won't proceed up to twothousandgazilliontrillion cells. Instead, things may proceed up to 12 cells, or 100 cells, or 259 cells...and then self-destruct in a process called apoptosis. Bam!.......the process goes haywire, the instructions are lost, and the embryo 'arrests'...which is a friendly way of saying 'stops dividing and disintegrates.'
This may happen once. This may happen twice. This may happen over and over and over until you run out of money or choose to move on. Is there a way to know if this may happen to you over and over and over again? The simple answer is no, however scientists, embryologists, and reproductive embryologists would love to be able to predict the future in this sense.....so invention happened.
You may think that the acronym 'SCSA' stands for 'Super Crappy Sperm Analysis', and in all reality, that is exactly what it is. SCSA actually stands for 'sperm chromatin structure assay.' What does that mean? The SCSA is a test that is able to measure the approximate percentage of sperm cells containing damaged DNA. Knowledge regarding the percentage of DNA fragmentation provides knowledge and information, but can it help guide treatment?
How does this test work? Easy. You send about 0.5mL of frozen sperm to a lab along with a few hundred dollars, and you wait a few weeks. When your sperm arrive at the lab, they will be defrosted and given a color job. They are treated with a special orange dye that attaches to broken DNA...so the damaged sperm will light up like a game hunter in a protective 'don't shoot me' jacket. After the touch-up, ten-thousand sperm will be analyzed by a machine called a flow cytometer, where they are lined up single file and passed under a beam of light that detects the orange dye. So, the super-crappy sperm are orange, and the normal sperm look green (because that grass is always greener). Your results are sent to you as a DNA Fragmentation Index, or DFI, which is the percentage of crappy sperm within the sample.
Why might this be important? The DFI has been associated with fertility potential as per the following:
Less than 15% DFI: Excellent potential
15%-30% DFI: Fair to Good potential
More than 30% DFI: Buh-bye. Poor potential.
So? And? What does this mean? Well, like all good opinions, it depends on who you ask. After reviewing a multitude of studies, there are some common themes that emerge...and some common controversies.
Number one common theme: If your DFI is >30%, shell out some cash and pay for IVF/ICSI. Most studies indicate very poor fertility potential if the percentage of damaged sperm is in the poor category, hence the name 'poor', as in, 'if you are in this category you will be poor by the time you get pregnant because you will have spent all your money on fertility treatments'. Fear not, because there are reported healthy pregnancies in patients with a DFI >60%....though I only found reports of this after IVF/ICSI.Number two common theme: High DNA fragmentation is without a doubt correlated to severe male factor infertility. The crappier the sperm, the higher the liklihood that the DNA is damaged. However, high levels of DNA fragmentation have been found in sperm that a conventional semen analysis would not have tagged as severely abnormal. Signs that the DNA integrity may be compromised? Unexplained infertility, arrested embryo development, poor blastocyst development, multiple failed IVF/ICSI treatment, recurrent miscarriage in partner. Of course, remember. These same signs exist when egg quality is an issue...because even if it's the egg it is always a question of the DNA.
Do I need this test? The SCSA, like many diagnostic tests, provides information. It may or may not help you to make a decision. When the SCSA was first introduced, many studies were done. The initial studies pretty much said everyone should have an SCSA because it was impossible to get pregnant if your DFI was >30%. Indeed, it is more difficult, but after the initial flood of studies reporting the necessity of this test, several others came out that contradicted the first. These studies cited pregnancies even with elevated DFI in patients who utilized IVF/ICSI. Information may be a good thing. It may help you choose between an IUI and IVF. It may help you with nothing. It may provide you with relief, it may also provide you with anxiety. Do you need the test? It's up to you and your doctor.
What does the American Society of Reproductive Medicine say?
The guidelines set forth by the ASRM are what reproductive endocrinologists abide by...generally speaking. You can read what the ASRM has to say about the utility of sperm DNA testing here.
The summary is this:
- "Existing data on the relationship between abnormal DNA integrity and reproductive outcomes is limited.
- Sperm DNA damage is more common in infertile men and may affect reproductive outcomes in selected couples, including those with spontaneous miscarriage or idiopathic infertility.
- At present, the results of sperm DNA integrity testing alone do not predict pregnancy rates achieved with intercourse, IUI, IVF and ICSI.
- Currently, there is no proven role for routine DNA integrity testing in the evaluation of infertility.
- Treatments for abnormal DNA integrity have not been shown to have clinical value"
(The Practice Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2008).
That being said, the multitude of studies may speak for themselves. Every physician will have an opinion. Information is not necessarily a bad thing. However, if that information will not change your ultimate treatment goals, well, do you really care to know? Some do. Some don't.
What did I do? I read all about the SCSA and went to our initial consultation all but demanding it. My physician explained to me that he does utilize the SCSA in cases where couples want to try using timed intercourse or IUI, he does not recommend the test in cases where IVF/ICSI will be utilized. Why? It is simply not needed. Even if the sperm DNA were severely fragmented, the recommendation would be to attempt A.R.T. with IVF/ICSI, since the research has shown it is possible (though less likely) to achieve that fabled state of pregnancy even with a high level of sperm DNA fragmentation.
Given our embryo progression with our first IVF, the assumption can be made that my husband does have a high percentage of DNA fragmentation. The signs? Excellent fertilization and embryo development up to day three...followed by slowed development and embryo arrest after day 3. Although it is encouraging that four blastocysts were attained, we had implantation failure on our first attempt with two very good looking embryos. Classic.
Does that mean it can't happen? Does that mean it won't happen? No. I could get pregnant on the next round. Who knows. I do know that an SCSA won't tell me if my FET will work. It won't tell me my next fresh cycle won't work. It may provide me with relief if it came back at an 'acceptable' percentage...or it may cause me undue anxiety if it came back at 55%.
My paranoid opinion: Although there are cases where pregnancy was achieved in cases where DNA fragmentation was high...there seems to be more evidence that, even with ICSI, it is far less likely to conceive when there are high levels of sperm damage. Suspicious Murgdan says, "ASRM won't advocate for using DFI as a predictive value, because they would then have to stop recommending repeated expensive IVF/ICSI attempts in cases where pregnancy was unlikely due to severe MFI. REs want to make money. They don't make money by proving IVF won't work for you before you've even tried it."
The coolest thing I learned while researching this? The oocyte can repair DNA Fragmentation. Check it out.
"Metaphase II oocytes can repair, to some extent, DNA damage in sperm after fertilization by pre- and post-replication repair mechanisms. This will depend mainly on the extent of sperm DNA fragmentation and the cytoplasmic and genomic quality of the oocyte. The latter would be expected to be higher in oocytes from younger women. Therefore, the efficiency of the oocyte to repair DNA damage in the spermatozoon would be expected to decrease with female age."(Alvarez, J. G. (2005) The predictive value of SCSA. Human Reproduction)
"Protection against high DNA fragmentation may be afforded by younger oocytes which are much more efficient at DNA repair of defective sperm than older oocytes, so a couple coming for assisted conception treatment where the sperm DNA fragmentation level is high has a better prognosis if his partner is young." (The Doctor's Laboratory).
I think my thirty-something oocytes have a lot of work to do....
If you want more information about the SCSA or DNA fragmentation, you could read here, here, and here. So? Did you do the SCSA? If so, what were your results?
If you've read this far, you know one thing for certain...I'm a nerd. Also, maybe you learned something. Maybe you learned nothing and already knew all of that, but at least I learned something, notably that I'm buying my eggs a gift certificate to Home Depot. The next Special Edition will discuss Hyaluronic Acid Binding and the PICSI study. Aren't you on the edge of your seat?


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Brown's writing is not just bad; it is staggeringly, clumsily, thoughtlessly, almost ingeniously bad. In some passages scarcely a word or phrase seems to have been carefully selected or compared with alternatives Whenever I read a 454 page book in one sitting, it's probably a safe bet for me to think that other people will like the book. Not that my criteria for excellence necessarily matches that of the literary masses -- but the words "breakout thriller" certainly apply here. Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is going to make publishing history. Trust me. There are already tables at the local Barnes & Nobles featuring books about the Freemasons, biographies of Leonardo Da Vinci, guidebooks to the Louvre and Renaissance art, all centered around Brown's book. And the book has been out less than two weeks. The word for ''The Da Vinci Code'' is a rare invertible palindrome. Rotated 180 degrees on a horizontal axis so that it is upside down, it denotes the maternal essence that is sometimes linked to the sport of soccer. Read right side up, it concisely conveys the kind of extreme enthusiasm with which this riddle-filled, code-breaking, exhilaratingly brainy thriller can be recommended. That word is wow. The story occasionally strains credibility early on. How could a dying man, one wonders, have time to write out intricate mind puzzles even if as Sophie explains, her grandfather "entertained himself as a young man by creating anagrams of famous works of art." Fortunately, Brown's pacing doesn't leave too much time for questions. From the explosive start to the explosive finish, The Da Vinci Code is one satisfying thriller. I see movie rights being sold already. Pick this one up on a long flight home and you'll never know where the time went. Den Braun u svom trileru Da Vinčijev kod, kreativno kombinuje mnogobrojne istorijske reference (Da Vinči, Templari, sveti Graal) sa fikcijom. Protagonista romana je, kao i u prethodnom bestseleru Anđeli i demoni harvardski profesor Robert Lengdon . Kada pariska policija otkrije njegovo ime sakriveno u šifrovanoj poruci pronađenoj pored tela ubijenog kustosa Luvra, on postaje njihov glavni osumnjičeni za brutalno ubistvo. Jedina osoba koja veruje u njegovu nevinost je francuski kriptolog, Sofi Nevu, koja mu pomaže da pobegne. Bežeći od policije pokušavaju da dešifruju misterioznu poruku i dolaze do zapanjujućeg zaključka. Ključ za rešenje je sakriven u Da Vinčijevim delima, svima vidljiv, istovremeno dobro sakriven. Put im se ukršta sa vekovima starim tajnim društvom, čiji je član bio pokojni kustos, ali i Da Vinči, Isak Njutn, Botičeli, Igo, kao i sa kontroverznim ogrankom Katoličke crkve. Ukoliko Robert i Sofi ne uspeju da dešifruju kod na vreme, drevna tajna, kao i velika istorijska istina, biće zauvek izgubljena. Is contained inIs parodied inIs replied to inBreaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking by Darrell L. Bock Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine by Bart D. Ehrman The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code by Carl E. Olson De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code by Amy Welborn Was inspired byHas as a reference guide/companion
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Cheap Carbon Capture?
The "pumping it underground" part is obviously still an issue, because "What are you going to do with millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide that is not nearly as compact as nuclear waste?". And what happens if the pipe-line carrying your CO2 breaks, spills into a low-lying area, and suffocates anything living there?
Nevertheless, an interesting first step.
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Interesting article, but I have a couple of questions about it.
First, I am not really convinced by the leaking pipeline killing plants and animals scenario. I know that there have been cases like this in volcanic regions, but I always thought that was due to a large abount being released over a short period. From a practical point of view, I don't see it as much danger to humans since if the gas or CO2 liquid was escaping in a sufficient volume to cause concern it would make a hell of a noise. If it was in a liquid form, there could be considerable damage from cold.
I would also think that CO2 would be fairly well mixed fairly quickly.
I think that some form of CO2 sequestration should be thrown into the mix as a part of the solution. I would be more inclined to back conservation though (personal opinion).
Thanks for the interesting article.
John Cross - 9:32 AM
- bigcitylib said...
It probably isn't a likely scenario, but the idea is that a leak spills gas into a kind of hollow area and it builds up, very much like that African Lake that spilled C02 in the 1980s. - 9:46 AM
Wasn't there a Sesame Street episode on this matter?
The Letter E Salesman character, in between Golden An smuggling attempts, attempting to sell a bottle of air to Grover?
Has the AGW narrative sunken so low as to be suitably mocked by Sesame Street? - 10:32 AM
BCL: Good point, I forgot about Lake Nyos. I am not convinced that a sufficient volume could be released in a given time, but it is obviously a possibility.
My other comment about the article in question was the statement about the CO2 in water forming something highly toxic. I do not see how this could be a problem for people (fish wouldn't like it of course).
Interesting stuff.
John - 11:31 AM
- Ti-Guy said...
Wingnut chain of logic:
1. Present a hair-brained comparison:
"Wasn't there a Sesame Street episode on this matter?"
2. Fill the air with incoherent blather:
"The Letter E Salesman character, in between Golden An smuggling attempts, attempting to sell a bottle of air to Grover?"
3. Finish with what is the only real point of the intervention, which was to be insulting and ignorant:
"Has the AGW narrative sunken (sic) so low as to be suitably mocked by Sesame Street?"
Waste of time, waste of energy. And these are the people who are supposed to be focussed on economic productivity and efficiency?
William G...sheer stupidity is not globally competitive. Talk to Harper about how he might help you. He'll probably suggest you make a donation to the CPC. - 12:22 PM
Whoawhoawhoa, insults are fine, but I will *not* be corrected by a Scotsman on matters of language.
Sunken as past participle of "to sink" has its origins in Middle English. While some might consider it obsolete, it is indeed listed as a verb at both dictionary.com and the American Heritage Dictionary:
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v. Obsolete
A past participle of sink.
Don't EVER attempt to correct an Englishman again. It's actually racist to not celebrate (thought you caught a split infinitive, eh? Most dictionaries have deprecated that rule, seeing as how Latin is dead) our linguistic diversity and heritage. - 2:07 PM
"My other comment about the article in question was the statement about the CO2 in water forming something highly toxic."
The issue with CO2 and water is likely more to do with acidification resulting from the formation of carbonic acid. If you're having difficulties picturing how that could be a problem for people think "Acid Rain". - 3:03 PM
Anonymous: True, in water CO2 will form carbonic acid. But carbonic acid is not strong. Acid rain is caused by sulphur emissions forming sulphuric acid.
John - 3:40 PM
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Whoawhoawhoa, insults are fine, but I will *not* be corrected by a Scotsman on matters of language.
Who's the Scotsman?
I think the closest thing we've got is BCL...Who's an Irish protestant, I believe.
I will correct your mangling of l'anglais de la Reine whenever I see it. And that includes archaisms. - 5:13 PM
"Who's the Scotsman?"
A better question is where are the francophones among the Liberal trolls.
It would be logical for a Liberal operative house troll to assume the identity of a francophone (sort of like how the neo-cons use WASP pseudonyms when spreading their nonsense on the web, but that's for another day) to accomplish two goals. - 6:20 PM
- Ti-Guy said...
It would be logical for a Liberal operative house troll to assume the identity of a francophone blah blah blah...
I think I dealt with the issues surrounding your "logic" earlier in the discussion.
...and look up the word "troll." - 6:38 PM
Still, no good evidence linking CO2 and 'global temperature'. Maybe the earth is warming because of too much pixie dust, or Sasquatch hair. When science has figured it out, let me know. Until then, just shut up about C02.
- Ti-Guy said...
Maybe the earth is warming because of too much pixie dust, or Sasquatch hair.
Still thinking about last night's cocaine-and-hooker binge, are you? - 3:06 PM
I'm sure you believe Man is also at fault for the movement of the magnetic pole, right? Perhaps we should buy up all the iron possible at any price, and give it to Third World countries to help restore the 'natural' balance. Otherwise the world will be destroyed!!!!
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To help promote this effort, Goodyear has teamed up with the Car Care Council-a non-profit organization operated by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA). Created to help car owners take a proactive role in maintaining their vehicles, the Car Care Council is a leader in educating consumers on automotive care.
"The Car Care Council is extremely pleased to work with Goodyear in hosting car care clinics at its retail outlets across the country," said Rich White, executive director, Car Care Council. "Goodyear's goal of educating consumers about the importance of automotive service and maintenance reinforces the ongoing efforts of our 'Be Car Care Aware' consumer education campaign."
According to Peer, regular automotive maintenance is an important factor in both vehicle safety and reliability. And, when consumers are more educated about the type of maintenance their vehicle needs, they'll feel more confident in their automotive service decisions.
Each month, Goodyear will host at least one car care clinic in each of its 36 districts across the country. Clinics will be led by a Goodyear store or service manager. To see if a car care clinic is coming to a store near you, visit the car care events page at www.carcare.org or contact your local Goodyear Auto Service Center (a store locator is available at www.goodyearautoservice.com).
The Car Care Council is the source of information for the "Be Car Care Aware" consumer education campaign promoting the benefits of regular vehicle care, maintenance and repair to consumers. For a copy of the council's Car Care Guide, also available electronically, or for more information, visit www.carcare.org.
The Goodyear Auto Service Centers are full-service tire and automotive repair stores wholly owned and operated by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Since 1924, the Goodyear Auto Service Centers have provided excellence in tire and automotive service to drivers nationwide.
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs approximately 69,000 people and manufactures its products in 52 facilities in 22 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.
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Simpson took the witness stand in an effort to get a new trial on his armed robbery, assault and kidnapping convictions stemming from the confrontation in 2007. He insists that his attorney in that case, Yale Galanter, didn't adequately represent him during the trial a year later.
Simpson said he trusted Galanter's advice on how to get the items back. He said he believed the items were stolen and he wanted to give them to his children someday.
"The overall advice that he gave me is that you have a right to get your stuff. He gave me an example that if you're walking the street and you see your laptop in a car, you can use force to break the window of the car," Simpson told the court.
"Yale is a pretty forceful guy, and he sort of takes over," Simpson said.
When Simpson expressed concerns about going to trial and possibly being convicted, "he said, 'Relax, relax, O.J. I got it, I got it. I will get you out of this,' " Simpson testified.
Galanter frequently stated "I got it, I got it," Simpson continued. "You could never really say what you're feeling because he got it."
The 65-year-old former football star was convicted of leading a group of associates into a room at the Palace Station hotel and casino and using threats, guns and force to take back items from the two dealers.
Simpson testified that Galanter advised him that he could demand his property back from the dealers, and if they refused to return it, he could use some force, but he could not trespass.
Simpson didn't discuss with his attorney, however, about whether any weapons would be used in the incident. Simpson and co-defendants would later be accused of using a weapon.
Galanter is scheduled to testify Friday in the proceedings on Simpson's new trial request.
On Wednesday, Simpson testified he didn't know of any weapons being present when he and five co-defendants confronted the memorabilia dealers in the hotel room.
"But I suspect" there were, he testified.
Of the five men who went with Simpson to the room, four pleaded guilty to reduced charges in exchange for their testimony at trial, but Clarence "C.J." Stewart faced a jury conviction alongside Simpson.
Stewart later won a court order for a new trial. In 2011, Stewart was sentenced to three years' probation after entering an Alford plea to robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, meaning he didn't admit guilt but acknowledged that prosecutors could prove their case, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported then.
By testifying against his former attorney, Simpson waived his right to the attorney-client privilege in the 2007 case, but his attorney in this week's court proceedings said Simpson has no concerns about losing those protections.
"I am confident Mr. Simpson has not told him anything that would inculpate him because I'm confident the truth is he did not intend to commit any crime. So, no, I'm not worried," attorney Patricia Palm said.
A deputy escorted Simpson to the stand Wednesday and unlocked the manacles binding his hands to his waist. His feet were also shackled. The former NFL player was heavier and had more gray hair than when he gained notoriety in the mid-1990s in his trial on charges of killing his ex-wife and her friend. A jury acquitted him in that case.
In court Wednesday, Simpson recounted his working relationship with Galanter, who he said had a conflict of interest in the case and failed to mount an effective defense.
"Yale had a relationship with the media and he would go on various shows to refute the tabloid stories," Simpson said. "He had a good relationship with the media and consequently I was in the media a lot, and that gave him an opportunity to go on TV."
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The courtroom gallery is small, occupied mainly by journalists, and the hearing lacked the big media spectacle of prior Simpson court appearances.
The proceeding is being heard by Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell, who will also rule on Simpson's request.
In documents filed requesting the new trial, Simpson argued that Galanter prevented him from testifying on his own behalf, leaving nothing to challenge evidence put forward by prosecutors of criminal intent and other issues.
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Mon, Sep 09, 2013 | 05:20 BST
Neuroracer keeps elderly people's brains sharp, trains them to multitask again
Scientists and game designers have worked together at UC San Francisco to develop Neuroracer, a multitasking based racing game designer to help elderly people maintain mental elasticity.
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An Ohio University study has found that female gamers are likely to cop way more flack than their male counterparts. In a report published on Gamasutra and other sites, researchers said they observed female-identified Halo 3 players receive up to three times as many negative reactions than male or unidentified players to general, friendly comments. You can learn more about the methodology employed here. The study's findings match plenty of others made over the years, like this one from September 2012.
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