Etiket: sperm
A fluorescent rabbit and female sperm: ‘bioart can contribute to a more open view’
Amid the rapid developments in biotechnology, such as genetic modification and stem cell research, important ethical questions arise. What happens if we tinker with human genes? And what if we…
Leiden fertility clinic laboratory technician fathered at least eleven children with his own sperm
A laboratory technician at a former Leiden fertility clinic used his own sperm for donor treatments between 1979 and 1984. The Children’s Wish Medical Center (MCK), which manages the clinic’s…
Column | Sperm whale vomit: the bile floods the newspapers, the sports clubs, the living rooms
Scalping is the first step. Carefully sucking blood with a plastic suction, I guide the neurosurgeon’s scalpel. After the crescent-shaped incision, he cuts the skin off the skull and hangs…
Your smartphone can affect the quality of your sperm: at least if you have this habit
Using your smartphone regularly can have an impact on your sperm quality. For example, your mobile phone can influence your sperm count. This is evident from a new study from…
New research shows: smartphone can influence sperm quality. Do you have to be careful with your cell phone in your pocket?
Using your smartphone regularly can have an impact on your sperm quality. For example, your mobile phone can influence your sperm count. This is evident from a new study from…
Sperm from Swedish conscripts was secretly used to impregnate women in the 1960s: “It’s disgusting” | Abroad
Several Swedish conscripts who donated sperm for scientific research in the 1960s and 1970s have involuntarily become fathers. The semen of at least nine conscripts was used for inseminations at…
Scientists grow human embryo without sperm or egg for the first time: “Amazing phenomenon” | Science
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing an embryo that closely resembles an early human embryo, without the use of sperm, eggs or a uterus. This successful creation…
Scientists grow human embryo without sperm or egg cell: “Amazing phenomenon”
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing an embryo that closely resembles an early human embryo, without the use of sperm, eggs or a uterus. This successful creation…
Court obliges sperm donor to DNA test at the request of a West Flemish donor child
Court obliges sperm donor to DNA test at the request of a West Flemish donor child According to her lawyer, it is the first time that the court has issued…
Victim of Dutch sperm donor with more than 500 offspring testifies: “I blamed myself”
The Dutch sperm donor Jonathan M. is said to have fathered more than five hundred children, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium. Jonathan M. proposed to help Lucie Brugge with…