Sentences with phrase «extra embryos»

Conventional IVF protocols involve the transfer of a fresh embryo to the uterus during the same cycle in which the eggs were collected and freezing extra embryos for future use.

What should a couple with religious scruples do about extra embryos created by IVF?

Given the current state of the technology, though, parents who use IVF must typically create several extra embryos in order to increase the odds of conception.

Donated fresh oocytes traditionally have been used immediately, creating embryos for transfer into the uterus, with extra embryos being cryopreserved for later use.

If couples do not elect to freeze the extra embryos for later use, they can donate their embryos for research, for stem cells research, to another couple, to an embryo adoption agency, or simply discard them.