Updated fertility guidance in the United States now says damaged sperm DNA may help explain repeated miscarriages, shifting scrutiny long fixed on women's reproductive health onto their male partners too.
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) states in its newly revised committee opinion on recurrent pregnancy loss that sperm DNA fragmentation testing 'may be considered in patients with otherwise unexplained recurrent miscarriage or RPL and concomitant infertility', according to the guidance published on its website.