Electromagnetic field in human sperm cryopreservation improves fertilizing potential of thawed sperm through physicochemical modification of water molecules in freezing medium

• Dariush Gholami,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9441-229X

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• Seyed Mahmood Ghaffari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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• Gholamhossein Riazi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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• Rouhollah Fathi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran

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• James Benson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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• Abdolhossein Shahverdi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.sharafi@modares.ac.ir (MS); shahverdi@royaninstitute.org (AS)

  Affiliations Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohsen Sharafi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.sharafi@modares.ac.ir (MS); shahverdi@royaninstitute.org (AS)

  Affiliations Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran, Department of Poultry Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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