Doctors at Niigata University’s medical department are planning in December an in vitro fertilization initiative using the sperm of an HIV-positive man after removing the AIDS-causing virus, university officials said Tuesday.
Medical researchers say this will mark the first time for the procedure, designed to stem infection of the deadly disease to partners and babies, to be attempted.
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