X-Message-Number: 13987 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:57:02 -0400 From: Jan Coetzee <> Subject: Old sperm (For Terry) References: <> Terry, I think it is because sperm competes and that the undamaged ones make it. Eggs in a woman do not compete. "Actually, we don't know that babies born of older fathers are "perfectly normal." It is actually well known that just as children born of older mothers have a greater chance of being born with genetic defects (Down's Syndrome being perhaps the most common), so, too, do babies born of older fathers have a higher incidence of genetic diseases. I stick to my original position. It makes sense to consider cryopreserving a sample of tissue today for possible use in the future. Terry Grossman MD" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13987