Why this man froze his testicular tissue when he was 11-years-old
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Doctors in Edinburgh have performed the first testicular tissue plant in the UK, in a potential breakthrough for male fertility preservation. Young men’s testicular tissue was removed and frozen before they underwent chemotherapy as a child. Chemotherapy can permanently damage the cells needed to produce sperm, leaving children who undergo it at risk of infertility in adulthood. Now, the first of those patients has had the frozen tissue transplanted back into his body in a bid to reinstate fertility – only the second such case in the world. ----------------------- • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on X: https://twitter.com/itvnews
Tags: chemotherapy, cancer, testicular cancer, fertility, men's fertility after chemo, transplant
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