A new protocol was developed to provide participants of our oocyte donation program with
oocytes donated by donors who were not financially rewarded, were anonymous, and fertile …

Although important positive aspects of oocyte donation appear between the lines, the paper
of Sauer (1996) is full of sadness. Before addressing the understandable reasons for such …

Objective: To describe the establishment of an embryo donation program using a large
oocyte donor registry to produce embryos. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: A university …

In different countries, with differing systems of medical funding, the attempted'
encouragement'of women willing to donate ooctyes is going down differing paths. Certainly …

Objective: To assess the efficacy of oocyte donation when a cohort of oocytes is shared
between two phenotypically matched recipients. Design: A retrospective analysis of a …

In the past, infertility due to absent or abnormal gametes in females was considered to be
irreversible. Whereas male gametes were accessible, available on demand in large …

Objective We sought the views of women who took part in an altruistic known oocyte
donation program to provide insights into the dynamics of known oocyte donation in …

Financial compensation of women donating oocytes for infertility therapy or for research is
justified on ethical grounds and should acknowledge the time, inconvenience, and …

With the first successful report of an IVF pregnancy achieved via donor oocytes in 1984, the
applications of assisted reproductive technology (ART) were further expanded to include …

Oocyte donation has its origins in the clandestine use of donated sperm more than 140
years ago. Since first described in 1983, oocyte donation has resulted in more than 50,000 …