I found few places offering the service outright- however I though
this may be a bit helpful:
http://www.infertilitydoctor.com/fertilityflash/vol2_issue10.htm
The status of your frozen embryos at PFC will not change as a result
of this new initiative. Currently, all patients with frozen embryos in
storage at PFC are contacted by us on an annual basis to reconfirm
their wishes for their embryos for the upcoming year.
All patients are given 5 choices:
1. Return to PFC for a frozen embryo transfer
2. Continue storage (a $400.00 annual storage fee payment is remitted)
3. Thaw and discard all remaining embryos
4. Donate embryos to another party (known or anonymous donation)
5. Donate embryos for medical research
If option #5 is chosen, we will transport the embryos in a liquid
nitrogen carrier tank to one of several scientists (primarily at UCSF)
for use in their research. Our patient's privacy is maintained because
we only give UCSF an identifying number with each set of embryos.
Currently, we are working with several researchers who are attempting
to develop embryonic stem cells under non-federally funded research
grants. The new state initiative may provide these scientists and
others with more funding to continue and expand their studies. With
the added state funding, their research could contribute to the body
of knowledge about how undifferentiated human cells become specific
tissues, hopefully leading to the development of specific tissues to
treat diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,
diabetes and spinal cord injury.
--Carolyn Givens, MD
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There is a contact address on the site, if all else fails it might be
worth it to contact them and discuss any possiblities that they could
arrange the donation for you. Also I noticed that alot of fertility
clinics offer to arrange a donation rather than storage. Have you
asked about this at your clinic? |
