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Embryo
The fertilized ovum after it has begun the process of cell division.
Latest News and Research
- Colorado court balances religious and secular beliefs in frozen embryo divorce dispute
- Fertility and Sterility On Air – TOC: June 2022
- The Supreme Court Overturns Right to Abortion, Raising Questions and Uncertainties for ART Patients and Providers
- Fertility and Sterility On Air– TOC: September 2022
- Fertility and Sterility On Air– TOC: August 2022
- Fertility and Sterility On Air–Live from ESHRE: Part 2
- Fertility and Sterility On Air - Live from ASRM 2022: Part 1 - The Science
- Canadian Class Action Lawsuit for Fertility Fraud Against MD Settled for $13.375m
- Fertility and Sterility On Air– TOC: November 2022
- Fertility and Sterility On Air– TOC: July 2022
Patient Resources
- Donación de óvulos (Egg donation)
- What are my options if I decide not to use my stored embryos?
- What is Infertility?
- 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]?)
- Roe Overturned Infographics
- 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: What do we know about the COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy?
- Q: Should I get the COVID19 vaccine?
Publications
- Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors: directed (identified) to replace ‘‘known’’ and nonidentified to replace ‘‘anonymous’’: a committee opinion (2022)
- Ethics Webinar: Dilemmas in Embryo Disposition
- Defining embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
- Ethics in embryo research: a position statement by the ASRM Ethics in Embryo Research Task Force and the ASRM Ethics Committee (2020)
- Posthumous retrieval and use of gametes or embryos (2018)
- A review of best practices of rapid-cooling vitrification for oocytes and embryos: a committee opinion (2021)
- ASRM standard embryo transfer protocol template: a committee opinion (2017)
- Role of assisted hatching in in vitro fertilization: a guideline (2022)
- 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)
- Oocyte or embryo donation to women of advanced reproductive age: an Ethics Commitee opinion (2016)
- Transferring embryos with genetic anomalies detected in preimplantation testing: an Ethics Committee Opinion (2017)
- Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinically assisted reproduction: a committee opinion (2018)
- In vitro maturation: a committee opinion (2021)
- Performing the embryo transfer: a guideline (2017)
- 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
