First time in India a cryo preserved semen of a dead person gave birth to his son by surrogacy so a grandmother got a grandson even after the death of his son by latest IVF technique. The boy had left for Germany in 2010 to pursue a master's degree when his brain tumour was detected. Two years ago, he succumbed to the illness in Germany, but his semen had been extracted and preserved long before his death.Health experts in Germany suggested that he start chemotherapy and radiation procedures. They also asked him to preserve his semen to avoid any negative effects on his body post-treatment," his mother said.
However, he suffered convulsions and also lost his vision, she said. Doctors at Pune's Sahyadri Hospital performed the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure and fused semen with the eggs of a donor to form embryos. The embryos were then transferred into the womb of a surrogate…
