Sperm washing

  • Sperm washing allows an HIV-negative woman to have a child with an HIV-positive man, with a very low risk of HIV infection.
  • Sperm are 'washed' of HIV and artificially inseminated.
  • There is limited NHS provision of sperm washing. 
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