sperm

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"The law's quite clear that without a license from the HFEA, you can't process sperm, you can't distribute sperm, which is what he's doing by sending it."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Before chemotherapy, Ryan froze his sperm and signed paperwork allowing Laura to use it if he died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Clare Ettinghausen, director of strategy and corporate affairs at HFEA, said the sperm delivery we received from Albon was "shocking".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The study also revealed a rare inheritance phenomenon known as paramutation in a gene called Capn11, which plays an important role in normal sperm development.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

How could something as complex as a human form emerge out of the union of sperm and egg?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee