California Cryobank

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'''California Cryobank''' is a [[sperm bank]] in California, United States, one of the two biggest in the world. There are offices in [[Palo Alto]], [[Los Ángeles]], [[Cambridge (Massachusetts)|Cambrdige]], Massachusetts, and [[New York]]. According to the company in 2018 they had about 600 donors and 75,000 registered live births since 1977. Since 2018 they no longer accept anonymous donations.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2NYpwDq Seed capital - The business of sperm banks], [[The Economist]], Sep 14th 2017</ref> They offer a service to choose sperm from donors who resemble celebrities.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2scfGoM Casais importam sêmen dos EUA com busca que inclui semelhança com famosos], Estelita Hass Carazzai, Phillippe Watanabe, [[Folha de S. Paulo]], May 28, 2018 (in Portuguese)</ref> When they reach the age of 18 children conceived through sperm donation can ask for information about their biological fathers.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2PH9bni "Soy hija única pero tengo 5 hermanos": los hijos de donantes de esperma que buscan sus raíces en internet], Beatriz Díez, [[BBC]] Mundo, August 2, 2016 (in Spanish)</ref> The bank also offers sperm of donors who have deceased, and co-founder Cappy Rothman was the first physician who extracted sperm post mortem. In 2016 it was estimated that there had been 200 such cases.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2oMQZNE El controvertido uso de esperma de hombres muertos para tener hijos], Jenny Morber, BBC, May 24, 2016 (in Spanish)</ref>

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== External links ==
*[https://cryobank.com/ Official website]

[[Category: Sperm banks]]
[[Category:Companies based in Berkeley, California]]

September 06, 2018 at 07:26PM