Sperm Bank: From Laboratory to Patient

• Published in: The world journal of men's health Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 89 - 91
• Main Author: Park, Nam Cheol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 01.05.2018; 대한남성과학회
• Subjects: Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Laboratories; Paternity; Pregnancy; Reproductive technologies; Sperm donations; Urology; 비뇨기과학; United States > US; North America
• ISSN: 2287-4208; 2287-4690; 2287-4690
• DOI: 10.5534/wjmh.182002

[...]Hwang Woo Suk Scandal’ due to bioethical violation on 2004 caused to establish the law for human life ethics and safety on 2005, which is strictly regulating all of basic research and clinical activities in the field of human reproduction until now. [...]we have permitted a seriously limited performance for assisted reproductive technologies as well as sperm bank operation. Of these three categories, the sperm donation program accompanies various complicated medical, ethical, legal, religious and cultural issues. [...]highly regulated statements are mandatory in order to secure safety and the complete practices for voluntary sperm donors and infertile couples both. Asia-Pacific market is also growing and will be expected the most prominent over forecasting 10 years especially with the announcement of one-child policy withdrawal on 2016 as the national population strategy. [...]we would like to provide what is the ideal model for sperm bank with prerequisite for the sperm bank operation, the expected effects and market evolution under rapid growing status of global market on sperm bank.