First pregnancy in UAE using AI-assisted sperm detection offers hope for severe male infertility

Doctors at Dubai's Fakih IVF performed the procedure on a 32-year-old man

- BY DIVYA KUMAR Special to Reach by GN

For the first time in the UAE, and in the Middle East as a whole, doctors have used an AI-assisted sperm detection tool to locate extremely rare sperm, and bring about pregnancy in a couple via IVF treatment.

Doctors at the Dubai-based Fakih IVF conducted the procedure on a 32-year-old man with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia (NOA), the most severe form of male infertility, and his wife is now 14 weeks into a normal, healthy pregnancy. The cutting-edge tool — called SpermSearchAI — was developed by NeoGenix Biosciences, an Australian company with which the clinic has an ongoing collaboration.