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First Male Baby Due July via Columbia’s Star System

5/1/2026

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A baby, a boy, is due in July 2026, the first male birth from Columbia University’s Star system.
The Star system scans 300 images per second, achieving sensitivity and finding sperm in under 30 % of 175 patients—about 40 times manual rates.
Samuel, Klinefelter syndrome and a 20 % chance of fathering, completed nine months of hormone therapy, after which a Cornell extraction produced eight sperm, one forming a blastocyst that enabled Penelope’s pregnancy.

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Story summary

A baby, a boy, is due in July 2026, the first male birth from Columbia University’s Star system.
The Star system scans 300 images per second, achieving sensitivity and finding sperm in under 30 % of 175 patients—about 40 times manual rates.
Samuel, Klinefelter syndrome and a 20 % chance of fathering, completed nine months of hormone therapy, after which a Cornell extraction produced eight sperm, one forming a blastocyst that enabled Penelope’s pregnancy.