We have attempted to compile a national list, but laboratory needs and policies change frequently, and thus their acceptance of donated embryos. We hear anecdotally that it is becoming increasingly hard to find a university-affiliated lab that is actively seeking embryos; however, another option is to donate embryos to the infertility clinic lab where they were created. Clinic embryology labs may accept embryos for training and research.
Note that not all laboratories or tissue banks will accept from all states, so you will need to contact each one to ask. If the state where the embryos were created does not allow research on embryos you will likely not be able to donate.
Usually, shipping is paid for by the tissue bank or lab.
1. The RENEW Biobank
Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
and Education
Stanford University School of Medicine
900 Welch Road, Suite 20
Palo Alto, CA 94304
http://hesc.stanford.edu
650-725-9977
Tasha Kalista email: tkalista@stanford.edu
2. Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Not currently accepting donated embryos.
617-496-3345
stemcelldonation@scrb.harvard.edu
3. The University of California, San Francisco IVF Tissue Bank
2356 Sutter Street, 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-885-3631
4. The George Q. Daley Laboratory
Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School
Accepts Egg Donations as well
617-525-8469
daleystemcell@childrens.harvard.edu