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Reproduction & Fertility · Recorded milestone

Frozen sperm

Recorded year1953

The first pregnancies from frozen sperm open the way to sperm banks.

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Frozen semenRecorded · 1949enables

Led to

Egg freezingRecorded · 2012enables
Coral seed banksRecorded · 2024enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.