Taskforce 7: Ethical considerations for the cryopreservation of gametes and reproductive tissues for self use

This seventh statement of the ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law considers ethical questions and specific dilemmas surrounding the cryopreservation of gametes and reproductive tissue. This is of particular relevance with advancing techniques for cryopreservation and the desire of many individuals to...

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Published in:Human reproduction (Oxford) 2004-02, Vol.19 (2), p.460-462
Main Author: ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Cryopreservation - ethics
Embryology: invertebrates and vertebrates. Teratology
Ethical Analysis
ethics/fertility/gamete cryopreservation/tissue cryopreservation
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Informed Consent
Male
Oocyte Donation
Oocytes
Ovary
Posthumous Conception - legislation & jurisprudence
Reproduction
Spermatozoa
Testis
Time Factors
Tissue Banks
Tissue Donors
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Summary:This seventh statement of the ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law considers ethical questions and specific dilemmas surrounding the cryopreservation of gametes and reproductive tissue. This is of particular relevance with advancing techniques for cryopreservation and the desire of many individuals to preserve fertility after cancer, chronic illness, iatrogenic complications of treatment or simply with advancing age.
ISSN:0268-1161
1460-2350
1460-2350
DOI:10.1093/humrep/deh051