sperm banking
Freezing reproductive cells
Sperm banking is the collection and cryogenic storage of semen for later use in artificial insemination or fertility treatments.
Men may bank sperm before cancer treatment, a vasectomy, or military deployment—any situation that might affect future fertility: He did sperm banking before starting chemotherapy.
Sperm banks also maintain donor samples for those who need them.
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- liquid nitrogenCryogenic form of air's main component
- deep freezeIntense prolonged cold
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
donor · storage · clinic · vial · nitrogen · test tube · reproduction · samples · deposit · thaw · motility · conception · biological clock · family planning · insurance · legacy · genetic · ice
- transitionhormone therapy, HRT, hormone replacement, estrogen, testosterone
- breedingselective breeding, breeder, crossbreeding, mating, breeding pair
- cryogenicsliquid nitrogen, cryogenic, cryogenics, cryogenic storage, cryostat