HIV-positive men can now father children safely

HIV-positive men are able to father children without risking the health of their baby or their partner, doctors announced yesterday.

A sperm-washing treatment in which individual sperm are removed from semen and used in insemination has been pioneered by a London hospital.

Around 1,500 heterosexual men are diagnosed HIV positive every year in Britain alone, but this technique is successful because the virus is not carried in the sperm itself, doctors say.