The Immunological Analysis of Semen

Abstract

Semen from men attending a subfertility clinic and a post-vasectomy clinic has been studied by immunodiffusion using polyvalent and monospecific antisera. In total, semen samples from 277 men have been studied and a ‘normal profile’ of seminal proteins established. There are no obvious differences in the semen samples from these two different populations. The majority of proteins studied are unlikely to be useful for discriminating between semen samples in medicolegal enquiries.