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Oldest sperm found by Stockholm scientists
Scientists at Sweden's Natural History Museum (Naturhistorika riksmuseet) have found global fame after they came across 50 million year old cells inside a fossilized worm cocoon, thought to represent the oldest animal sperm ever discovered.
Sweden hit by Danish sperm bank scandal
Nearly 20 children in Sweden and Norway are among dozens conceived with sperm from a donor that carried a genetic disease which a Danish sperm bank, Nordisk Cryobank, failed to disclose.
Single Swedes set for insemination go-ahead
The Centre Party, Liberals (Folkpartiet) and the Moderates want single women to have access to artificial insemination treatment, and are proposing a change to current laws despite opposition from coalition partners the Christian Democrats.
Sperm-sniffing police dog snags rapist
A 23-year-old man has been charged with rape in Karlskrona, after Rapports Opus, southern Sweden's only police dog specialised in sniffing sperm, caught a whiff of his case.
Swedish scientists map egg-sperm at conception
Swedish researchers have for the first time mapped the 3D structure of a complete egg receptor that binds sperm at the beginning of fertilisation.