Frontpage » Tag » sperm bank

News tagged with sperm bank

Renegade sperm donor triggers US probe

A California man who donates his sperm for free to couples who want to have a baby is being investigated by US regulators but insists he will continue his efforts as a matter of goodwill.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Fertile sperm donor draws criticism from FDA, docs

(AP) -- Physicians and the federal government cited the case of a San Francisco Bay area man who has fathered 14 children as an example of the risks posed by the informal market for sperm donations, which doctors consider ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many male cancer patients are missing out on sperm banking

whose fertility may be at risk from cancer treatment – are not being offered the chance to store their sperm according to new research published today in the Annals of Oncology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For young boys with cancer, testicular tissue banking may be option to preserve fertility

For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades. Among the bad news—treatments that enable survival often cause infertility.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sperm donor passed on sudden death heart defect

(AP) -- A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

French woman asks court for dead husband's sperm

A 39-year-old widow asked a French court Wednesday to allow her to retrieve her late husband's frozen sperm so that she can be inseminated and have his child.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Israeli sperm bank posts diminishing returns

Wall Street giants are not the only banks hit by diminishing assets. New research for an Israeli sperm bank shows that depositors are 40 per cent less fertile than a decade ago, the Haaretz daily reported.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1