{"id":13816,"date":"2016-01-10T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T08:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13816"},"modified":"2024-11-13T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:26:30","slug":"sperm-cryopreservation-extended-in-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/en\/news\/sperm-cryopreservation-extended-in-great-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm cryopreservation extended in Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HFEA (Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority) recently decided to extend the permitted time for sperm cryopreservation to 55 years.<\/p>\n<p>The time spent in liquid nitrogen does not affect the functional properties of the spermatozoa, since in the &#8216;suspended animation&#8217; state all functional activity ceases. This practically allows the sperm to be cryopreserved for long periods of time, even for many decades.<\/p>\n<p>According to the current legal framework, in our country the cryopreservation period is set at 5 years with the possibility of extension for 5 additional years, subject to the written consent of the person concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12062,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.cryogonia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}