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Martin M Barillas

Testicular Reimplantation For Childhood Cancer Survivors Gets First Approval

The Biology of the Testis lab at Vriej University in Belgium is conducting research on the feasibility of reimplanting testicular tissue in men unable to produce sperm after surviving treatment for cancer. (Vriej University, Belgium)

Researchers in Belgium are attempting to reimplant testicles in men who lost their fertility during childhood cancer treatment.

Ellen Goossens of Vrije University in Brussels (VBU) and her Biology of the Testis group have dedicated themselves to researching the loss of male fertility following cancer treatment. They are now the first group to have received the green light from an ethics committee to reimplant previously frozen testicular tissue in male cancer survivors. If successful, sperm cells will develop normally, restoring fertility to these patients.

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