egg banks
Ovum storage facilities
Egg banks are facilities that collect, freeze, and store human eggs (oocytes) for later use in fertility treatments.
Women may donate eggs to a bank for others to use, or freeze their own eggs to preserve fertility options.
The term parallels sperm banks and blood banks—repositories of biological material for future medical use.
- cryobankFrozen tissue storage facility
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- oocytesImmature female reproductive cells
- repositoriesPlaces for storing things
- ovaFemale reproductive cells
ovarian stimulation · fertility clinics · fertility treatment · in vitro · hatcheries · baskets · poultry farming · surrogacy · parenting · reproductive rights · cryopreservation · stem cell research · biobanking · cloning · embryo freezing · genetic engineering · whites · yolks
- captive conservationcaptive breeding, breeding programs, zoos, aquariums, conservation breeding