Chinese people's fertility declining

时间：2007-04-27 00:37:19

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Chinanews, Zhengzhou, Apr. 26 – In November 2006, Henan opened its first sperm1 bank in the Zhengzhou University No.3 Affiliated2 Hospital. In five months, about 116 college students donated their sperms3 to the bank. However, only 17 students' sperms were regarded as qualified4, the Dongfang Jinbao reported.

 

Not long ago, the China Medical Reproduction Association and China Animal and Biological Reproduction Association held the first joint5 annual forum6 on fertility in Hangzhou. At the forum, experts raised their concern about the declining of Chinese people's fertility.

 

Wang Xingling, director of the Genesiology Science Department at the Zhengzhou University No.3 Affiliated Hospital, also attended the forum held in Hangzhou on April 7.

 

She recalled that at the forum, many experts said that in recent years, some genesiology medical experts found through their investigations7 that compared with 30-40 years ago, the number of sperms carried by a man in per litre of semen has decreased from 100 million to the current 20-40 million.

 

“If the number of sperms further drops to below 20 million, it will be difficult for women to get pregnant,” Wang said.

 

Over the past few decades, both the quality and quantity of sperms have been on the decline, she said.

 

“From many infertility8 cases, we realize that for some men, their infertility problem is congenital. However, the infertility problem of a lot more men is postnatal. ”

 

At eight o'clock, when it was just time to start work, the telephone in the Genesiology Science Department kept ringing.

 

“Everyday, we might answer at least a dozen of phone calls asking for information about artificial insemination,” Wang said, adding that in recent years, the number of people asking for information on this issue had risen dramatically.

 

“Many of them need help because they are unable to give birth to babies,” she noted9.

 

Among all Chinese couples at childbearing age, there are at least one million of the husbands suffering from azoospermia. Their wives need to receive some healthy sperms in order to get pregnant, she said.

 

Apart from azoospermia, there are many other factors that cause some couples unable to give birth to babies.

 
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1 sperm jFOzO     
n.精子，精液
参考例句：
  • Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
  • In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。
2 affiliated 78057fb733c9c93ffbdc5f0ed15ef458     
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
参考例句：
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
3 sperms 1b94e566aa1c00eb3617229a124394c4     
精子( sperm的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Sperms fertilize ova in the fallopian tube. 在输卵管内精子使卵受精。
  • The gender is determined by the father's sperms not by the mother. 性别是由爸爸的精子决定的而不是妈妈。
4 qualified DCPyj     
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
参考例句：
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
5 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
6 forum cilx0     
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
7 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
参考例句：
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
8 infertility 37ExE     
n.不肥沃，不毛；不育
参考例句：
  • It is the Geneva, Switzerland-based Biotech Company's second recombinant infertility drug. 它是瑞士生物技术公司在日内瓦的公司生产的第二种重组治疗不孕症的药。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术制药疫苗
  • Endometritis is a cause of infertility. 子宫内膜炎是不育的原子。 来自辞典例句
9 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

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