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What happens when sperm and egg donors lose the right to anonymity?

In the UK and New Zealand, people conceived using donated sperm, eggs or embryos who turn 18 this year will be able to learn the identity of their donors – but it is unclear how many will want to

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Abdominal pain is a common endometriosis symptom

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Genetic map of cells linked to endometriosis could improve treatments

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A synthetic mouse embryo (left) and a natural mouse embryo (right) show comparable brain and heart formation

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Synthetic reproductive cells will help us understand fertility in 2023

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Humans

What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?

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Clusters of sperm

Life

Sperm move in packs like cyclists to push through thick vaginal fluid

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Synthetic (left) and natural (right) embryos to show comparable brain and heart formation.

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Synthetic mouse embryos with rudimentary brain grown in the lab

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Light micrograph of a section through the seminiferous tubules, the site of sperm production

Health

Tiny bubbles in semen could contribute to ‘unexplained infertility’

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A sperm sample with low numbers of sperm

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Infertility in some men may be caused by X chromosome mutations

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The development of a human embryo

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Why two-thirds of IVF embryos suddenly stop developing

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Cross section of infertile mouse testis showing previously frozen transplanted rat germ cells and sperm. Frozen testicular tissue still viable after two decades.

Health

Rat testicle cells make sperm after being frozen for 23 years

Pre-pubescent children who become infertile because of cancer treatment may be able to make sperm after reimplanting frozen testicular tissue, if animal research translates to humans

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Covid-19 vaccines don't affect success of fresh embryo transfer IVF

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Rat pups born from sperm artificially produced from stem cells

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Male fertility could be restored by reimplanting frozen testes tissue

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Contraceptive pill may reduce polycystic ovary syndrome diabetes risk

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