News tagged with donor sperm

Tunisian woman expecting 12 babies: reports

A Tunisian woman is due to give birth to 12 babies, which could be a world record, press reports said Tuesday, quoting doctors.

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Business booms at world's biggest sperm bank

Business is booming for the world's biggest sperm bank, Denmark's Cryos, which is struggling to meet demand despite a soaring number of donors and new offices opening around the world.

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created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Re-shaping the family: What happens when parents seek siblings of their donor-conceived children

Parents who have conceived children with the help of sperm or egg donors and then try to find the donors and also other children conceived with the donors' help, often end up creating new forms of extended families, according ...

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Scientists' study of abalone yields new insights into sexual reproduction

In new research that could have implications for improving fertilization in humans and other mammals, life scientists studied interactions between individual sperm and eggs in red abalone, an ocean-dwelling snail, and made ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Overweight men have poorer sperm count

Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday.

Medicine & Health / Overweight and Obesity

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female mate choice enhances offspring fitness in an annual herb

In many organisms females directly or indirectly select mates (or sperm) and potentially influence the fitness of their offspring. Mate choice and sexual selection in plants is more complex in some ways than ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch woman, 63, gives birth: new country record

A 63-year-old Dutch woman gave birth to a daughter on Monday, becoming the oldest-ever new mother in the Netherlands, the hospital and news reports said.

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgical technique helps adult male survivors of childhood cancer regain fertility

A new study has shown that a surgical technique called microdissection testicular sperm extraction (TESE) can effectively locate and extract viable sperm in more than one-third of adult male childhood cancer survivors who ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uterine health more important than egg quality

For women seeking pregnancy by assisted reproductive technologies, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a new study shows that the health of the uterus is more relevant than egg quality for a newborn to achieve normal birth ...

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created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intrafamilial medically assisted reproduction

The ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law acknowledges the benefits that IMAR may bring to those choosing this approach and concludes that certain forms of IMAR are morally acceptable under certain conditions. The group advises ...

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created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new model to predict accurate outcomes for IVF

Couple-and treatment-specific factors can be used to provide infertile couples with an accurate assessment of the likelihood of having a successful outcome following in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). A new prediction model created ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bodies for sale

For some people, intellectual property is about faster computers and better apps. But for Kara Swanson, a new professor at the Northeastern University School of Law, it’s about body products — literally.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Grow your own transplant' may be possible for men with type 1 diabetes

Men with type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from their testicular tissue, say Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers who presented their findings today at the American Society ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast


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