An Elgin man who donated his sperm to create embryos with his ex-girlfriend no longer wants them used. Does she need his consent?
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Why Have More Men Chosen to Freeze Their Sperm?
Facebook and Apple recently announced they would cover the $10,000 cost for egg harvesting and freezing for any female employees who wish to delay child-bearing for years or decades, but the cheaper perk of sperm banking isn’t offered to male workers who want to put off fatherhood. Reproductive health specialists have debated whether young men really benefit from freezing youthful sperm to use later on, but some men have decided to shell out the money after hearing about research suggesting that sperm from a 40-year-old man could have DNA defects.
Sperm Can Carry Ebola for 82 Days: WHO
Sperm can carry the Ebola virus for at least 82 days and the World Health Organization is urging men recovering from the disease to use condoms for three months after the onset of symptoms.
Victoria Clinic Sperm Demand Prompts Calls to Use Overseas Donors
Victoria’s donor sperm supply has plunged in the past year as fertility clinics struggle to recruit enough men to meet demand, strengthening a push for donor sperm to be imported from overseas.
Single Mutation in Beta-Catenin Gene Can Lead to Infertility
Scientists from the RIKEN BioResource Center in Tsukuba, Japan, have discovered that a single mutation in the beta-catenin gene, which codes a protein known to be deeply involved in a number of developmental and homeostatic processes, can lead to infertility not through a disruption of the production of egg or sperm cells, but rather by leading to abnormalities in the morphology of the sexual organs, making natural reproduction impossible.
Avoid Male Infertility: 5 Ways to Boost the Health of Your Sperm
Men dealing with male infertility often wonder what preventive steps they could have taken to keep their sperm healthy.
Space Travel Damages Sperm Cells: Houston We Have a Problem
Researchers at the University of Kansas have found that zero gravity situations in the space can affect male as well as female reproductive organs. Space radiation is also believed to damage sperm in male astronauts and ovaries in female astronauts. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) also freeze the sperm and ovaries of its astronauts in case if they need it in future.
Pedestrian Question: Are You a Vegetarian?
According to new studies vegetarian and vegan men have much lower sperm counts than men who eat meat. Jimmy was wondering if anyone could tell whether a guy is a vegetarian just by looking at him – so we went out onto Hollywood Boulevard and asked people “Are You A Vegetarian?” #PedestrianQuestion
I’m a Married Father … And a Sperm Donor
As more and more couples seek medical help to have children, there’s high demand for sperm donors. What motivates a man to donate his reproductive cells to an unknown number of women so that they might have a child biologically related to him that he may never meet?
A Sperm Bank Just For Supersmart People
It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie: An eccentric millionaire creates a sperm bank with donations from only extraordinary men — Nobel laureates, an Olympic athlete and geniuses with off-the-chart IQs. The mission? To create a generation of smarter, healthier, more productive members of society. But this was no movie plot. This actually happened.