How are embryo donors screened?
Donors are carefully screened by our Embryo Donation Program team. In screening donors, we adhere to guidelines from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and to UCSF’s institutional ethics board. To determine if embryos are eligible for donation, the UCSF team reviews the patient’s chart and the laboratory information to determine if the embryos can be offered to potential recipients. Screening factors include patient’s psychological readiness to make a donation, family genetic history and age of the female donor. The egg donor’s age must have been 39 or younger at the time when the embryos developed.
