Air-drying technique could let men store sperm at home

MEN waiting for in-vitro fertilisation treatment may one day be able to store their sperm at home, it was revealed yesterday.

Scientists have developed a way of air-drying sperm that allows it to be kept at room temperature without any special conditions.

It means sperm could be stored next to the eggs in a normal refrigerator or even in a man's sock drawer, if he wished.