The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Fathers may carry traces of their childhood trauma in their sperm cells, a new study finds. The new research, published Jan. 3 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, looked at the "epigenetics" of the ...

Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells, in a remarkable demonstration of how quickly the field of stem-cell ...

A new study shows that lab-grown sperm cells can be derived from stem cells. July 9, 2009 — -- The face of infertility-- in literature, in the media, in advocacy groups -- is so predominantly ...

Researchers at the Columbia University Fertility Center reported the first successful pregnancy using an AI-guided method ...

The donor, who was not identified, was paid to donate as a student beginning in 2005, according to the report.

A sperm donor, who is an asymptomatic carrier of a genetic mutation increasing the risk of cancer, was used to conceive nearly 200 children worldwide, Denmark's public broadcaster revealed Wednesday.

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Now, researchers at the RIKEN Center for ...

A sperm donor carrying a harmful TP53 mutation unknowingly passed on a high cancer risk to nearly 200 children. An expert ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...