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The Top 5 Tips for Picking Your Ideal Donor

If you are thinking “Where do I start?,” this eBook will help answer your questions about the donor selection process. Determine which donor category is right for you Recognize the importance of knowing your CMV status Create a list of … Continue reading

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Know who you are working with to build your family

Blog written by CLI Laboratory Director, Michelle Ottey, PhD. One of the best pieces of advice I can offer to any prospective parent who will be using donor sperm is to know the sperm bank you are working with to … Continue reading

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What Can I Learn about Sperm Donors to Help Me Find the Right Donor for Me?

Blog written by CLI Laboratory Director, Michelle Ottey, PhD. Information varies by sperm bank, but generally there is a lot of information out there.  You can learn a lot about the individual donors as well as their family.  The goal … Continue reading

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Can My Friend Be My Sperm Donor?

Blog written by CLI Laboratory Director, Michelle Ottey, Phd.  Many women and couples consider asking a friend or relative to be their sperm donor. This is a possibility when there are fertility issues for the male partner or when there … Continue reading

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What is it like for the Sperm Donor? (Part 1)

Written by CLI Laboratory Director, Michelle Ottey, PhD. The experience for the sperm donor will vary from sperm bank to sperm bank, but I can describe how it works at our Cryobank. A man who is interested in becoming a sperm … Continue reading

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Beginner’s Guide to Infertility

If you are just getting started on your journey with infertility, please use this great resource from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) on Assisted Reproductive Technologies. This guide will walk you through the details of IVF insemination, egg … Continue reading

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Top 5 Tips to Help Select the Perfect Donor!

Selecting the ideal donor can seem like an overwhelming process. With their vast experience in helping clients through the process, our Client Services Team put together this helpful list of tips to simplify the process for you. Try them and … Continue reading

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Supplier Qualification: What You and Your Clinic Need to Know Before You Order Donor Semen

Clinics are responsible for making sure that all outside establishments used to perform any steps in the donor screening and/or testing process are registered with the FDA and compliant with all applicable requirements, as per the FDA ruling 21 CFR … Continue reading

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Why HPV Tested Donors are Important

New Study Shows HPV-Related Cancers are on the Rise On January 7, 2013, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published its Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2009. The report is a huge collaborative effort … Continue reading

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Conference season has started!

Blog written by CLI Laboratory Supervisor Chauntae Nichols I have had the amazing opportunity to once again attend our local MN Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) conference. CLI has been supporting APHON for the past 5+ years, and have found … Continue reading

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