Now available: Sperm grown in test tubes

If successful, young boys could one day freeze samples ahead of chemotherapy or radiotherapy for cancer. Defrosted years later, the tissue could be used to generate sperm, allowing them to father children who are genetically their own.

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Learning more about the complex process of egg production could also help boost the natural process of sperm production, helping men with infertility due to other causes.

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