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Business booms at world's biggest sperm bank

Medicine & Health / Other

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

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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Sharp drop in British sperm donors

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created Sep 10, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Britain's decision to remove anonymity from sperm donors has resulted in a sharp drop in the number of men willing to donate.


Israeli sperm bank posts diminishing returns

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

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.


Taiwan scientists develop sperm 'efficiency' kit

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in Taiwan said Thursday they have invented a male fertility home test kit that breaks new ground by measuring the efficiency of sperm cells -- a key factor in determining men's ability to father children.


French woman asks court for dead husband's sperm

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

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.


Professional lobbyists: Pragmatic operatives or just another partisan resource?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The thousands of professional lobbyists working in Washington, DC on issues tend to be professional partisans who mobilize resources for one preferred political party exclusively. So finds a new study which counters the common ...


Solving the mystery of what puts sperm 'in the mood'

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a potential advance toward a male contraceptive pill and new treatments for infertility, researchers are reporting the identification of key biochemical changes that put sperm “in the mood” for fertilization.


Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting ...


Sea sponges busted by researchers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to sex, sea sponges are certainly not monogamous. But, thanks to a project based at the Heron Island Research Station, UQ researchers will uncover whether the marine animals are partaking in ...


Possible genetic factor for male infertility identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene involved with the production of sperm that may contribute to male infertility and lead to new approaches to male contraception.


Daily sex helps to reduce sperm DNA damage and improve fertility

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented today (Tuesday) to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society ...



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