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Healthier sperm=longer life?

Published in August 6th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Fertility & longevity
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That’s what a new Danish study says. Here’s the news report.
“NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Healthier sperm may mean longer life, according to a study that followed more than 40,000 Danish men for up to 40 years.
In an interview with Reuters Health, Dr. Tina Kold Jensen, who was involved in the study, said: “No [...]

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Woman Who Gave Birth at age 66 Dies, Leaving behind Twin Toddlers

Published in July 16th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Family issues, Fertility & longevity
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It’s a fact that as humans age, the chance of getting cancer increases. Unfortunately for Carmen Bousada and her twin boys, she fell to the disease much earlier than she had expected. Her own mother had lived to 101 years, so she assumed she would have another 30 years or so left to [...]

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Scientists Create Human Sperm from Stem Cells

Published in July 7th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Fertility & longevity
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This bolsters the argument that “stem cells can generate any cell in the body,” and also has big ramifications for future fertility technologies.
From Time.com:
“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 science is [...]

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Women may be able to create new eggs

Published in May 12th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Fertility & longevity
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From The Week (a magazine I love):
Men can make sperm until they die, but women are born with a finite number of eggs in their ovaries—or so scientists have long believed. But a new study by Chinese scientists has found that with some hormonal stimulation, female mice can make new eggs late in life—opening the [...]

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Baby born 22 years after sperm frozen

Published in April 14th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Fertility & longevity
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This is yet another success story from the fertility sector. The interesting thing is that when the man froze his sperm, the technique used for creating his baby had not yet been invented. His faith that one day it might has now paid off for him as he now has a beautiful baby [...]

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Men’s biological clock — ticking

Published in April 1st, 2009
Posted by sonia in Family issues, Fertility & longevity
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Most men I know think they don’t have an “expiry date” when it comes to having children, but the evidence is starting to point out that they do. Given that most of the research in turning back biological clocks is focused on women’s bodies, perhaps one day it will be women of any age [...]

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Calif.’s Fertility Flap and the Future of Reproductive Tech

Published in February 6th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Fertility & longevity
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The news of octuplets born recently near Los Angeles shocked many people, especially since the mother, Nadya Suleman, already had six children and is reported to be jobless and living with her parents. Such rare stories certainly sell newspapers, but they can also lead to knee-jerk calls for overly restrictive regulation, which threaten freedom and [...]

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60 year old Canadian woman gives birth to twins

Published in February 5th, 2009
Posted by sonia in Fertility & longevity
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This woman from Calgary is by no means the oldest to give birth, but her case brings attention again to the use of fertility technologies as human longevity is extended. This topic will constitute a chapter in my upcoming book, so stay tuned!

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