A new technique developed by Ben- Gurion University researchers has generated mouse sperm cells from testicular germ cells in a petri dish. Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel and his research group call their in vitro work a “breakthrough” that could eventually help infertile men who cannot produce sperm.

Due to it's policy of unlimited in vitro fertilization procedures, Israel has become the nation with the highest per-capita babies born that way. Discover Asuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, one of the busiest fertilization clinics in the world.