IVF donor sperm shortage revealed
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Almost 70% of UK fertility clinics cannot get the sperm they need for patients, a BBC survey indicates.
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A scientific study has found evidence that male laptop users could be damaging their fertility. Researchers at New York&#39;s State University warned this week that a man balancing a portable computer on his lap
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Â· New hope for women who cannot have standard IVF Â· Eggs matured outside the body before being stored
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Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.
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Scientists have transplanted into infertile mice sperm stem cells grown in a laboratory, thus allowing the mice to reproduce -- an approach that one day might be used to cure infertility in men -- according to a study published in the November issue of
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New rules on identifying sperm donors are blamed for a severe shortage of supplies at a south Wales fertility clinic.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China have identified for the first time a protein in sperm from humans and from mice that could be responsible for many unexplained cases of male infertility.
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Britain is suffering a sperm donation crisis due to the abolition of anonymity rights for the donors, the Independent on Sunday newspaper says.
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Sperm donors should not worry that losing their anonymity will lead to offspring turning up on the doorstep and demanding they play a major part in their lives, according to new research.
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Traditionally drug use, alcohol, smoking and obesity have been credited with lowering male sperm counts and increasing the risk of infertility.
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As the world&#39;s first successful kidney transplant celebrates its 50th birthday, medical organisations are warning there is a critical shortage of donors.
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British clinics treating couples with fertility problems are suffering from a major sperm shortage after the authorities lifted donor anonymity in April last year.
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Expensive genetic screening reduces the chance of successful IVF, rather than boosts it, a study finds.
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THE number of organ transplants carried out in Scotland has dropped by almost a fifth in the past five years because of a growing shortage of suitable donors.
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Scientists are working on a contraceptive treatment which would stop men producing sperm.
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A British fertility clinic has overcome   a shortage of home-grown sperm by importing it from Denmark.
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When doctors at Shady Grove Fertility Centers told a 34-year-old construction supervisor that he had a low sperm count and that was likely why he and his wife had been unable to conceive, the news came as something of a shock.