The 48th episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast features researchers and practitioners at the forefront of tackling male infertility – Kevin McEleny, Professor Joris Veltman, Professor Rod Mitchell and Professor Sarah Martins da Silva.
Aspects discussed include current best practice, the latest insights, and pioneering research that could transform treatment of male infertility in future.
(If you can't see the podcast episode embedded below, you can listen to or download it here.)
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast), and also the Scottish Government and the Society for Reproduction and Fertility (which supported the event featured in the 48th episode).
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