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A Wake-Up Call for Global Sperm Donor Regulation: What the European Donor Case Teaches Us

By Seattle Sperm Bank July 31, 2025

A recent case in Europe has reignited concern over sperm donor regulation, and for good reason. Between 2008 and 2015, a man unknowingly carrying a rare, cancer-causing genetic mutation donated sperm that was used to conceive at least 67 children across eight countries. Of those children, 23 inherited the mutation, and at least 10 have […]

Donor Sperm Quality: The little cells that make a big difference

By Seattle Sperm Bank January 26, 2013

Written by Charles Muller, PhD HCLD Charles Muller, PhD HCLD is Laboratory Director of Male Fertility Lab at the University of Washington and a key member of the Advisory Board for Seattle Sperm Bank. His research is in fertilization, male reproduction, and prostatitis. Customers focus on the attributes of the donor they select, but the […]