(The Independent) – The introduction of cryotechnology in the 1950s changed things forever

In other European countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands, an estimated 60% of children born after sperm donation were conceived using Danish sperm. In Denmark itself, it’s estimated that around one in every 100 children is now born using donor sperm.

So how did Denmark come to dominate the global sperm trade? Well, the introduction of cryotechnology in the 1950s changed things forever. Sperm could now be frozen, stored and transported, making donation safer, more flexible and, more importantly, scalable. (Read More)