World\'s Oldest Semen\, Frozen For 50 Years\, Still Functional: Researchers

World's Oldest Semen, Frozen For 50 Years, Still Functional: Researchers

To prove sperm could survive several years, the semen was frozen in 1968 by Steven Salamon of the varsity as small pellets in large vats of liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degree Celsius.

World's Oldest Semen, Frozen For 50 Years, Still Functional: Researchers

Out of the 56 ewes inseminated with the 50-year-old semen, 34 were scanned as pregnant (Representational)


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