Temperature Glitch Wipes Out Sperm Bank
From Times Wire Reports
Thousands of sperm samples were destroyed when the temperature rose undetected in a refrigeration tank at the University of Florida.
Dr. R. Stan Williams, chief of the university medical college’s division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, said its “sperm bank is essentially wiped out.”
Most of the samples were from anonymous donors intended for use by couples with fertility problems. Up to 60 of the samples were from men who had banked their sperm in case they became impotent.
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