The work is published in the journal Scientific Reports. "The fallopian tube in women, or the oviduct, has an ability to lengthen sperm lifespan that, until now, we couldn't recreate in IVF.

Miller’s group collaborated with chemists to test hundreds of oviduct glycans for their ability to bind pig sperm, settling on one called sulfated Lewis X trisaccharide, or suLeX, for further ...