Blog posts from April 2010

Why sperm counts in men are falling

30 April, 2010

If scientists from Mars were to study the human male's reproductive system they would probably conclude that he is destined for rapid extinction. Compared to other mammals, humans produce relatively low numbers of viable sperm – sperm ca...

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Breakthrough Egg Freezing Technology To Offer Women a 'Backup Plan'

28 April, 2010

Shady Grove Fertility, the USA's largest fertility and IVF center, announces the opening of its Center for Fertility Preservation, offering the most advanced technology in egg freezing. The new technology "flash freezes" a woman'...

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Been there, donated sperm and got the T-shirt

26 April, 2010

Should egg and sperm donors be rewarded with souvenir mugs and T-shirts? An independent think tank has launched a consultation to consider this and other wide-ranging ideas for increasing donations. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics will also canv...

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Pregnancy vitamins beat low birth weight in babies

24 April, 2010

Pregnant women taking a daily multivitamin pill have bigger babies, a study shows. Taking the supplement cuts the risk of having low birth-weight babies, which can have health problems. This is the first study to show multivitamins specially tailo...

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What will lesbian couple tell baby daughter about her Dad?

22 April, 2010

Lily-May Woods is barely three weeks old and already the circumstances of her birth have provoked curiosity. 'How did you two make a baby?' asked the bemused five-year-old boy who lives next door to the lesbian couple who are Lily-May'...

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First birth certificate to name both lesbian parents

20 April, 2010

This is the birth certificate that leaves the father off the official record for the first time in nearly 200 years. It shows only a mother and a ‘parent’ – also a woman – for newly-born Lily-May Betty Woods. The baby was b...

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Three women, one man, create baby using surrogacy and egg donation

18 April, 2010

They are divided by geography and share no family link.But Claire Horner, Cheryl Richards and Cathy Sidaway are united by a very special bond: they have joined forces to have a baby. After battling breast cancer three times, Mrs Horner's deare...

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London Sperm Bank Launches

16 April, 2010

The UK's first stand-alone clinic focused on recruiting new sperm donors, has announced its opening. The London Sperm Bank (LSB) - licensed by fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) - will incorporate two e...

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Designer baby with 'three parents' and no hereditary diseases ready in three years

14 April, 2010

Dozens of human embryos with three parents have been created by British scientists, ushering in an era of designer babies. The embryos - which effectively have two mothers and one father - have been genetically engineered to be free from incurable...

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Critical sperm shortage in NSW Australia

12 April, 2010

A CRITICAL shortage of donor sperm has forced the state's largest IVF clinic to launch an online advertising campaign targeting male generosity.Tougher restrictions on imported sperm has shrunk already scarce supplies while new legislation, wh...

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