Chris Biblis was a 16-year-old from North Carolina in 1987 when he was told that he required radiotherapy to fight his leukemia, but that treatment would leave him sterile. Doctors recommended that he put a sample of his sperm into cryogenic storage for his future use.London Times: Girl born a record 22 years after father's sperm is frozen (April 14, 2009)
In April, 2009, Biblis and his wife Melodie appeared on Good Morning America, with their daughter Stella, born in February 2009 from an in vitro fertilization using the frozen sperm 22 years later.London Times: Girl born a record 22 years after father's sperm is frozen (April 14, 2009) ABC News: Frozen Sperm Still Viable Decades Later (April 10, 2009)
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When Chris Biblis was subjected to radiation in 1987, the treatment left him sterile, but on the recommendation of his doctors, he placed his sperm in cryogenic storage. At the time of the storage, there was no successful treatment for sperm injection; that was invented in 1992.Fox News: North Carolina Baby Born From 21-Year-Old Sperm(April 10, 2009)
The 22 year period between storage in April 1986 and use in June 2008 is a world-record, according to the clinic.London Times: Girl born a record 22 years after father's sperm is frozen (April 14, 2009) ABC News: Frozen Sperm Still Viable Decades Later (April 10, 2009)
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