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The Dutchman with 550 kids, Telegram’s founder with 100: sperm donation’s wildest scandals

From insemination in European courts to a 'geniuses only' project, genetic diseases and men who fathered hundreds of children: the dark side of the sperm donation industry

Lori Stadtmauer | 06.19.26

Weight-loss drugs may raise testosterone and improve sperm quality, early data suggest

New scientific review suggests GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro may improve reproductive health in men with obesity, but researchers stress the evidence is preliminary and not yet a basis for fertility treatment

Tzur Gueta | 06.18.26

Everybody wants a 'Viking' baby: the dark side of Denmark’s sperm donation industry

Denmark’s sperm industry exports 'Viking sperm' worldwide, but soaring demand and loose regulation were exposed after one donor fathered 197 children with a cancer-linked mutation

Zeev Avrahami | 01.03.26

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To grow hope from loss: Why Israel must let fallen soldiers’ legacy live on

Opinion: Posthumous reproduction is not only a legal or moral issue, but a sacred act of continuity, a way for bereaved families to transform unbearable loss into new life, faith and the eternity of Israel

Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom | 11.09.25

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Atonement in the seed: Hundreds of Israelis don't know their biological grandfather was a Nazi officer

What happens when the son of a German Nazi officer, fluent in Hebrew, tells an Israeli lawyer and writer that in the 1950s he lived in Israel and even donated sperm to Jewish women, including Holocaust survivors unable to have children?

Nitzi Yakov | 09.05.25

‘When I meet the right woman, I'll have a grandchild from Maor’: Court ruling allows mother to have grandson from fallen soldier's sperm

In a groundbreaking ruling, a Be’er Sheva family court allows Sharon Eisenkot to use her fallen son’s sperm to conceive a grandchild, fulfilling his wish and offering hope amid profound grief

Dina Halutz | 07.10.25

European sperm donor cancer scandal raises worry in Israel

Health Ministry confirms donor's samples arrived in the country but weren't used as experts urge legally binding donor limits and improved tracking to prevent genetic risks

Or Hadar | 05.26.25

Israeli study shows AI improves sperm selection in IVF

New technology can better identify sperm compatible with WHO criteria and successfully fertilize eggs to increase chances of pregnancy

Dr. Matan Levi | 06.17.24

Bereaved families fight for right to use loved ones' retrieved sperm

Many families of fallen IDF soldiers and victims of Hamas' October 7 attack say the fact law forbids them from using retrieved sperm is wrong and work to make a change

Nina Fox | 02.21.24

Since beginning of war, 23 families request to retrieve sperm from fallen soldiers

Significant number of casualties leads to surge in requests from bereaved parents for procedure; sperm bank chief says ‘central dilemma is discerning wishes of deceased’

Adir Yanko | 10.24.23

They tried to harvest sperm from Israeli singer's slain husband, but it was too late

The husband of Israel singer Shay-Li Atari was killed helping her and their daughter escape in the Hamas terror attack and she begged officials to speed up the identification process to retrieve his sperm postmortem; 'All he wanted was for us to have children'

Ran Boker | 10.11.23

Ensuring fertilization by a single sperm

A sticky protein matrix helps the 1st sperm cell that manages to cross it, latch onto the egg and reach the membrane of the egg thereby wining the race and fertilizes it.

Maayan Ilon-Ashkenazi/Davidson Institute of Science | 10.01.23

Under the microscope: What does a sperm test reveal?

Rapid forward movement or rotational movement that doesn't contribute to progression toward the egg, cells with two heads or two tails and the number of cells; What do these findings mean, and how can men with fertility issues be addressed?

Dr. Eran Altman | 08.05.23

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