Press Release November, 2009: Frozen Egg Bank Network Expands Coast to Coast to Help Prospective Parents Start a Family
Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. (FEB) has launched a new era in reproductive medicine as a group of charter member IVF centers in six states – California, Nevada, Utah, New York, New Jersey and Tennesee – join the national provider of human egg freezing and thawing services. The network is designed to provide fertility preservation by freezing the healthy eggs of young women for medical or elective reasons.
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Egg Freezing - ABC KGO-TV News Interview
On January 16, 2009, Dr. David Diaz met with Carolyn Johnson, an ABC News producer and spoke on Frozen Egg Bank, Inc.’s latest developments on unfertilized egg freezing. This revolutionary development of the freezing of oocytes or unfertilized eggs is a fertility procedure now available for women or couples wishing to safely preserve their eggs. View the video on our home page.
Egg Freeze Turns Back Clock - CBS News Online
The freezing of sperm and of embryos are routine parts of today’s infertility treatments.
But freezing a woman’s unfertilized eggs is a much newer technique that may also allow healthy women to save their eggs for use later in life if they want to delay having children.
On The Early Show's infertility series, Dr. David Diaz gives information on how to freeze a woman’s eggs and the possibilities this procedure offers. Read more on CBS News...
Orange County Fertility Center Banks on Frozen Eggs Among the First Centers to Offer Egg Banking - The Orange County Register, July 22, 2005
Women delaying childbirth or searching for a more cost-effective means of obtaining donor eggs can now take advantage of an egg bank at West Coast Fertility Centers in Fountain Valley. As reported by MSNBC news on July 20, 2005, there are only a few specialized fertility centers offering egg freezing as an option to fertility patients.
After years of research and testing, West Coast has perfected the process of freezing, thawing and fertilizing a woman's eggs. Read full article.
Fertility in Reserve - Article in L.A. Times February 2, 2002
After years of technical obtacles, scientists have found ways to freeze eggs for later use, helping women whose ability to have babies is threatened by disease or aging.
The bad news piled up on Shannon Lee faster than she could absorb it. At 31, she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Not only would she need a double mastectomy, the subsequent radiation and chemotherapy could leave her sterile, ending her dream of having a baby. But Lee's doctor gave her hope. Read full article.