New technique raises hopes of reducing time for male infertility diagnosis, says report

Infertility in men can now be identified much quicker than the established norm of a year-long procedure that wasn't error free. Researchers at the Washington State University have found a new method of screening to figure out men with infertility.

Infertile men have identifiable patterns of epigenetic molecules or biomarkers attached to their sperm DNA which are absent in fertile men, Michael Skinner, a Washington State University reproductive biologist, working with an international team of collaborators, have discovered.

The scientists also diagnosed epigenetic biomarkers among infertile patients who responded to hormone therapy to treat their condition versus those who did not.