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Men could use home-freezing kits to put their sperm on ice, ending the need to produce a sample on demand in the

uncomfortable surroundings of a fertility clinic.

A viable sample of sperm suitable for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or banking to safeguard against future infertility can be obtained by members of the public without professional equipment, Spanish researchers have shown.  

This could be good news for men with cancer, as well as those who struggle to produce a sample at a clinic or are unable to attend in person on the day of IVF or fertility testing.

It had been thought that specialist equipment and training in cryopreservation is needed to preserve fragile sperm cells in a way that maintains their viability in future.

But identical results could be achieved with a simplified set of instructions and a home freezer, researchers from the Institut Marquès in Barcelona found.