Category Archives: Donor Sperm

Supporting a Community

Blog written by Laboratory Staff Zachary K. All of the recruiting events I have been to thus far while working for CLI have been to recruit new donors and promote our services. Those experiences usually involved our staff having a … Continue reading

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The Fundamentals

Blog written by CLI Director of Operations Michelle Ottey, PhD Which of the following statements are true? 1. Sperm Banks test their donors for a panel of infectious diseases every few months. 2. Sperm Banks have to do testing on … Continue reading

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Club CLI: Top Five Reasons Why You Should Join TODAY

5. Become a part of an exclusive Club and receive monthly specials made available only to you for an annual fee of only $100! 4. View our newest donors before they are made available to the general public! By becoming … Continue reading

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Importance of Pregnancy/Live Birth Reporting

Blog written by CLI Director Stephen H. Pool, Ph.D. Clients who have used donor sperm are often members of organizations or web based groups that provide support or information about infertility issues. In addition, they often monitor various blogs, or … Continue reading

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Genetic Diseases

Blog written by CLI Director of Operations Michelle Ottey, PhD I often talk about heterosexual couples using donor sperm due to male factor infertility, but I do not think I have written about using donor sperm to avoid passing on … Continue reading

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More sperm facts

Blog written by GIVF Compliance Officer Amy Erickson Hagen How long does sperm live? Animal Fertile life of sperm (hours) Mouse 6 Rat 14 Guinea Pig 21-22 Human 24-48 Rabbit 30-32 Sheep 30-48 Cow 28-50 Horse 144 Bat 135 (days) … Continue reading

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Sperm facts

Blog written by GIVF Compliance Officer Amy Erickson Hagen How big are sperm? A sperm cells head is approximately 5 microns in diameter, its tail is approximately 50microns, In total, approximately. 55microns (55 x 10 6 m), that is about … Continue reading

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Staying in Touch with Older Sperm Donors

Blog written by Michelle Ottey, PhD, Director of Operations, Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc. Every sperm bank presents a medical profile of some sort for their donors. This profile usually presents the medical and genetic health of the sperm donor and of … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Sperm

Blog written by Site Manager CB I’ve been in the fertility industry for about 6 years now and have come across many interesting facts that can increase or decrease a man’s specimen quality. A study published in the Molecular and … Continue reading

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RESOLVE promotes reproductive health

Blog written by Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc. Site Manager Amy Erickson Hagen In the Midwest we are fortunate to have open spaces, kind people and weather that keeps the riff raff out. As well as these typically thought of Midwestern terms … Continue reading

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