Monkey born from frozen testicular tissue offers fertility hope to young cancer patients

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The birth of Grady the monkey highlights experimental technology to preserve fertility when boys undergo cancer treatment.

After a few months, the tissue had produced sperm, which was then used to generate embryos and transferred to females.Sperm is produced during puberty when there are hormonal changes which activate an increase in testosterone.

Grady's father was subjected to chemotherapy at just three years old. Before he got the treatment, researches removed testicular tissue removed before he reached maturity. "So we froze the rest of the sperm and then some months later we came back, brought that sperm out and fertilised eggs and that time we were successful to establish a pregnancy and finally to produce a healthy baby," Prof Orwig said.The University of Pittsburgh and a few other hospitals have been freezing young boys' testicular tissue ahead of cancer treatment on an experimental basis.He had a rare childhood cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma, in his soft tissue.

 

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👀 so I don't have to wank in a cup?

With so many children in care and World population reaching critical levels, this is not where medical research should be spending time and money.

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