Successful live birth from oocytes after more than 14 years of cryopreservation.

Objective: To report a birth of a healthy girl after long-term oocyte cryopreservation by slow cooling in sodium depleted medium.

Design: Clinical application.

Setting: University Affiliated, Private IVF center.

Spermatozoa capture HIV-1 through heparan sulfate and efficiently transmit the virus to dendritic cells.

Semen is the main vector for HIV-1 dissemination worldwide. It contains three major sources of infectious virus: free virions, infected leukocytes, and spermatozoa-associated virions. We focused on the interaction of HIV-1 with human spermatozoa and dendritic cells (DCs).