Lawyers, film-makers and financiers are behind a sperm donation “boom” in the capital.New figures published today give an insight for the first time into the profile of donors. Instead of students, professionals are now among altruistic Londoners helping childless couples become parents.
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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Who Freeze Sperm Before Treatment Have Better Chance of Becoming Dads After, Study Shows
A study published online Tuesday in the journal Human Reproduction provides more proof of the benefit of men freezing their sperm before undergoing cancer treatment.
Study: Drinking Wine Creates Stronger Sperm
According to a new study, men who drink wine up to three times per week create stronger sperm.
Scientist Create ‘Robotic Sperm’ to Help with Fertilization and Drug Delivery
Scientists have created the first ever “sperm-based biobots” by trapping single sperm cells inside metal nanotubes and remotely controlling their direction using magnets.
BMI, Waist Circumference Associated with Semen Quality
Waist circumference was inversely associated with both semen volume and sperm count. Obese men were 19 times more likely to have low total sperm counts and 15 times more likely to have low semen volumes.
Let Me Keep My Dead Husband’s Sperm
A woman has begun a legal bid to prevent her dead husband’s frozen sperm from being destroyed.
Scientists Hail Male Contraception Breakthrough
Researchers in Australia believe they may be on the verge of developing a viable male contraceptive that does not adversely affect the long-term health of sperm or an individual’s sex drive.
The Unregulated Sperm Industry
The new movie “Delivery Man” stars Vince Vaughn as a former sperm donor who finds out that he has more than 500 children. Is this a Hollywood exaggeration or a possible outcome? Truth is, no one knows. In the United States, we do not track how many sperm donors there are, how often they donate, or how many children are born from the donations.
Sperm Test for Infertile Men Could Reduce Need for Surgery
Researchers have developed a non-surgical test that could be used to tell whether men with zero sperm counts might be able to father children via IVF.
Are Vince Vaughn’s 533 Children In ‘Delivery Man’ Possible? We Asked Science
By now, if you own a television and watch it occasionally, you’ve seen the promos for Friday’s “Delivery Man,” wherein a “lawyer from a sperm bank” breaks the news to Vince Vaughn’s protagonist character that due to some sort of clerical error, he is the biological father of 533 children out in the world.