A novel method, developed by scientists for testing the health of a sperm before it is used in IVF, boosts chances of conception.
University of Edinburgh researchers have created a way of tagging individual sperm quality, so that only healthy ones are used in fertilising an egg as part of IVF treatment.
This process is being used for the first time to evaluate DNA damage in sperm.
The research is currently in a pre-clinical phase, and if successful could be available to patients in the next five to 10 years, said a release of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which had funded the project
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