Research Notebook
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Assisted Reproductive Act
Canada’s new Assisted Human Reproduction Law prohibits paid sperm donations,
sets stringent standards and regulates reimbursement. Will donors still come forward?
To learn more please click here.
What you MUST know before buying donor sperm
Advances in reproductive medicine have provided therapeutic options for
individuals wishing to avail themselves of treatment for fertility disorders,
be they due to reasons of medical disorders or personal choice. As part of the
ongoing evaluation process, it is important that clinics periodically review
their performance to identify determinants of outcome so that the appropriate
changes to the treatment protocols can be made. In the area of donor insemination,
this process should also include a comparative assessment of donor sperm samples
obtained from different sperm banks. The regulations provided by Health Canada has
significantly improved donor screening and testing so that recipients of donor sperm
can be assured that the sample they receive is safe. However, it is important for
clinics providing the service to ensure that pregnancy outcomes are maximized by
evaluating predictor variables and comparing the effectiveness of sperm samples
obtained from different sperm banks. Two of the articles featured in this section
address this process with beneficial results. Article 1
Article 2
Prognostic factors for
pregnancy success with donor semen
A retrospective study was conducted in 305 couples undergoing
intrauterine insemination with donor sperm in a university-affiliated
infertility clinic to identify factors that are associated with
pregnancy. The standard ovarian…
Polymerase Chain Reaction
(PCR) Donor Sperm Screening for factors including Human Papilloma
Virus (HPV)* DNA
In the Vol.97, No. 3, March 2001 edition of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Dr. F. Olatunbosum and other scientists
from the Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan,
Canada, recommended that Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)* DNA testing
be performed on the semen of…
Sperm banking
prior to cancer treatment
In recent years, the survival rate in young men suffering from
cancer has improved significantly. The overall 5 year survival rate
for cancer has risen to 60%; the rates being much higher for Hodgkin’s
disease (82%) and testicular cancer (95%), two of the most common
tumours in men…
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