Cryopreservation and Storage
Cryopreservation is freezing at a very low temperature, such as in liquid nitrogen
(-196oC) to keep embryos, eggs, or sperm viable.
What's New at ASRM
Resources
- Can I Freeze My Eggs to Use Later If I'm Not Sick?
- Q11: What are my options if I decide not to use my stored embryos?
- ¿Puedo congelar mis óvulos para usarlos más adelante si estoy saludable? (Can I freeze my eggs to use later if I'm not sick?)
- Female Cancers, Cryopreservation, and Fertility
- Male Cancer, Cryopreservation, and Fertility
- Cancer masculino criopreservacion y fertilidad (Male cancer, cryopreservation, and fertility)
- Female cancer, cryopreservation, and infertility 女性癌症、冷冻保存和生育能力
- Cancer feminino criopreservation y fertilidad (Female cancer, cryopreservation, and fertility)
Publications
- Posthumous retrieval and use of gametes or embryos (2018)
- Disposition of abandoned embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion (2013)
- Ethics Webinar: Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation: Medical, Ethical and Social Considerations
- Ovarian tissue preservation (2014) members-only
- Fertility preservation and reproduction in patients facing gonadotoxic therapies: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Recommendations for development of an emergency plan for in vitro fertilization programs: a committee opinion (2016) members-only
- Ovarian tissue cryopreservation: a committee opinion (2014)
- Recommendations for development of an emergency plan for in vitro fertilization programs: a committee opinion (2016)
- Mature oocyte cryopreservation (2013) members-only
- Planned oocyte cryopreservation for women seeking to preserve their future fertility: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Mature oocyte cryopreservation: a guideline (2013)
- Elective single-embryo transfer (2012) members-only
- Guidance on the limits to the number of embryos to transfer: a committee opinion (2017) members-only