A breakthrough in fertility science by researchers from Bristol and Mexico has shattered the universally accepted view of how sperm ‘swim’. More than three hundred years after Antonie van Leeuwenhoek used one of the earliest microscopes to describe human sperm as having a “tail, which, when swimming, lashes with a snakelike movement, like eels in… Read More »
The world’s first HIV positive sperm bank has been launched in New Zealand as efforts continue to reduce the stigma experienced by those living with the virus. Sperm Positive has begun with three male donors from across New Zealand who are living with HIV but have an undetectable viral load, meaning the amount of the… Read More »
Well that’s new. A new study has found that healthy men who eat two tablespoons of concentrated tomato puree a day have better quality sperm. According to researchers, lycopene – a nutrient found in tomatoes – might just boost sperm quality. The study, conducted by the University of Sheffield in the UK, found that taking… Read More »
In the beginning, there was Adam and Eve. In the new beginning, it may just be astronaut sperm and Eve. Spanish scientists have recently proven that frozen human sperm is viable in zero-gravity environments — as in outer space — creating the possibility of a cosmic sperm bank. The researchers presented their findings at the… Read More »
SUNDAY, March 24, 2019 — When couples experience recurrent pregnancy loss, it’s natural for them to want to know why. Now, a new study suggests that sperm DNA damage could be a factor. Recurrent pregnancy loss is defined as the consecutive loss of three or more pregnancies before 20 weeks’ gestation. It affects up to… Read More »
Sperm bank FINES mother for accidentally finding her donor through 23AndMe Danielle Teuscher’s former husband could not have children due to type 1 diabetes Danielle, now 30, found donor sperm through Northwest Cryobank and purchased several vials so her children could be full siblings She did a 23andMe DNA test of her now five-year-old daughter… Read More »