Creating a Family

Choosing an Egg or Sperm Donor: Medical and Genetic Consider

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What questions should you ask about a possible egg or sperm donors medical history?  What type of genetic testing is reasonable to expect?  How can you lessen the risk of genetic diseases?  Our guests to talk about these issues are Dr. Harvey Stern and Dr. Dan Shapiro. Dr. Stern is the Director of Genetics and the Fetal Diagnostic Center at the Genetics & IVF Institute and is Medical Director of Fairfax Cryobank and of GIVF’s Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) program. Dan Shapiro is the medical director of Reproductive Biology Associates in Atlanta and one of the founders of MyEggBank, the nation's largest frozen donor egg bank. Chromsomal abnormalities. Genetic Disorders. Testing for Chromsomal abnormalities. Testing for Genetic Disorders.PGD. PGS.

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egg donation,
sperm donation,
genetic testing,
Medical history,
PGD
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