Embryo
The fertilized ovum after it has begun the process of cell division.
What's New at ASRM
- ASRM Ethics Committee Chair Co-Authors Science Article - Argues to Revisit the “14-Day Limit” on Human Embryo Research
- Fertility and Sterility On Air– Journal Club Global: Recurrent Implantation Failures in ART: Myth or Reality?
- ASRM Today – Document Review: Clinical management of mosaic results from preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) of blastocysts: a committee opinion with Emily Mounts
- SART Fertility Experts - Genetics and IVF
- HFEA Changes Surrogacy Rules on Exporting Sperm, Eggs and Embryos from U.K. to U.S.
- The Impact of a Pandemic on International Surrogacy: An Interview with ART Attorneys Margaret Swain and Nidhi Desai
- ASRM Practice Committee Releases New Document on Use of Preimplantation Genetic Testing
- Fertility and Sterility On Air– TOC: June 2021
- SART Fertility Experts - Behind the Scenes in the IVF Lab
- ASRM Today – Document review: Cryostorage of reproductive tissues in the IVF laboratory: a committee opinion with Sangita Jindal
Resources
- What is Infertility?
- What are my options if I decide not to use my stored embryos?
- Donación de óvulos (Egg donation)
- Multiple Pregnancy and Multiple Births: Understanding the Risks for Mothers and Babies - a patient education micro-video
- Assisted hatching 辅助孵化
- Ectopic pregnancy booklet 宫外孕
- Donación de embriones (Embryo donation)
- Eclosión asistida (Assisted hatching)
- Egg Donation
- Third-party Reproduction: Sperm, Egg, and Embryo Donation and Surrogacy
- Multiple pregnancy and birth: twins, triplets, and high-order multiples 多胎妊娠与分娩：双胞胎，三胞胎和高序多胎
- Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) 胚胎植入前遗传学测试
- Donación de gametos y óvulos: decidir si o no contar (Gamete and embryo donation: Deciding whether to tell)
- Por que elegira una transferencia electiva de un solo embrion (Why would I choose to have elective single-embryo transfer [eSET]?)
- Start with SART
- Avoiding Conflict in Third-party Reproduction
- Gamete (Eggs And Sperm) And Embryo Donation
- Tecnología de reproducción asistida (Assisted reproductive technology booklet)
- Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers
- Assisted reproductive technology 辅助生殖技术辅助生殖技术
- What Do I Need to Know About Zika Virus and Trying to Have a Baby?
- FAQs Related to COVID-19
- Q: Should I take steps to avoid pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Q: Will postponing my care affect my ability to have a child?
- Q: I hear that elective medical procedures in my geographic area are supposed to stop; are IVF and other fertility treatments considered "elective"?
- Q: Can my clinic prevent me from getting infected by screening patients and staff?
- Q: Is there a risk that my cycle could be cancelled if I proceed with treatment now?
- Q: Are my frozen embryos, eggs, or sperm safe?
- Q: I have been diagnosed with cancer and chemotherapy is recommended. Can I still attempt to freeze my eggs (or sperm if male)?
- Q: If I get sick or test positive for COVID-19, when is it safe to become pregnant?
- Q: I’m pregnant. Is there a risk that a COVID-19 infection will affect my pregnancy outcome?
- Q: What is the risk that a COVID-19 infection will affect my unborn child?
- Q: This year has been very difficult to handle and I’m having a hard time. What resources are available to me?
- Q: Should I get the COVID19 vaccine?
- Q: Can my Reproductive Endocrinologist require that I get the COVID-19 vaccine before I do fertility treatment?
- Q: There is a lot of misinformation on vaccines. Where can I find the truth?
- Q: Should I delay fertility treatment until I can get the COVID-19 vaccine?
- Q: Can I get COVID from the vaccine?
- Q: Will the vaccine affect my existing medical conditions?
- Q: I am nervous about the vaccine side effects.
- Q: Can I still transmit the virus to other people even when I am vaccinated and protected?
- Q: How safe is the COVID-19 vaccine? Should I get it if I am trying to conceive?
- Q: What do we know about the COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy?
Publications
- Ethics Webinar: Dilemmas in Embryo Disposition
- Defining embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
- Posthumous retrieval and use of gametes or embryos (2018)
- Ethics in embryo research: a position statement by the ASRM Ethics in Embryo Research Task Force and the ASRM Ethics Committee (2020)
- ASRM standard embryo transfer protocol template: a committee opinion (2017)
- Role of assisted hatching in in vitro fertilization: a guideline (2014)
- Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
- Financial "risk-sharing" or refund programs in assisted reproduction: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
- Transferring embryos with genetic anomalies detected in preimplantation testing: an Ethics Committee Opinion (2017)
- Oocyte or embryo donation to women of advanced reproductive age: an Ethics Commitee opinion (2016)
- Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinically assisted reproduction: a committee opinion (2018)
- Elective single-embryo transfer (2012)
- Performing the embryo transfer: a guideline (2017)
- In vitro maturation: a committee opinion (2021)
- Development of an emergency plan for in vitro fertilization programs: a committee opinion (2021)
- Guidance regarding gamete and embryo donation (2021)
- Ethics Webinar: Transferring Abnormal Embryos After Preimplantation Genetic Testing