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
- African American Women with Cancer Less Likely to Utilize Fertility Preserving Egg Freezing
- Frozen Embryos Continue to Make Litigation Headlines
- Arizona Court Awards Embryos to Ex-Wife and Other Cases
- More than 74 Thousand Babies Born from Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles Done in 2018
- Reproductive Medicine - Cases in the Courts
- Update #1 Released to the ASRM Patient Management and Clinical Recommendations During The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Resources
- What are my options if I decide not to use my stored embryos?
- Can I Freeze My Eggs to Use Later If I'm Not Sick?
- ¿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
- 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)
- Cancer masculino criopreservacion y fertilidad (Male cancer, cryopreservation, and fertility)
- Start with SART
- Donor Eggs Fresh Or Frozen?
- Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers
Publications
- Disposition of abandoned embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion (2013)
- Posthumous retrieval and use of gametes or embryos (2018)
- Ethics Webinar: Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation: Medical, Ethical and Social Considerations
- Fertility preservation and reproduction in patients facing gonadotoxic therapies: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Ovarian tissue cryopreservation: a committee opinion (2014)
- Recommendations for development of an emergency plan for in vitro fertilization programs: a committee opinion (2016)
- Planned oocyte cryopreservation for women seeking to preserve their future fertility: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Mature oocyte cryopreservation: a guideline (2013)
- Micro-presentation: Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation for Women Seeking to Preserve Future Reproductive Potential