Tens of thousands of frozen embryos in Xiamen have been neglected for ten years. Can frozen embryos be preserved at-196℃ for ten years without loss?

This 10-year storage has basically been paid from the beginning, and when freezing, it is not only a device for freezing a group of embryos, so it will definitely not lose money in this decade. In addition, if the fee is not renewed, the rest will be saved and there will be no cost.

First, the freezing of IVF embryos had already received money from couples who made test tubes. During the whole operation of IVF, it will have other services, among which preservation is the main service, including umbilical cord blood transplantation and other embryo preservation. And many of these embryos are integrated with the one that has already been born, which means they may be identical twins. These embryos were kept for a fee at that time.

Second, the freezing period is not one-to-one, but multiple groups of embryos are frozen together. Let's talk about the technology and conditions of freezing embryos first: not one-to-one preservation, but multiple groups of embryos are stored in one instrument at the same time. That kind of instrument is as follows:

As far as the above-mentioned heat preservation barrel is concerned, it has been kept at-196℃ after being electrified. As far as its space is concerned, a barrel can hold dozens or hundreds of embryos. These embryos are numbered in the test tube, so they will be taken according to the number when they are taken. Therefore, when charging, it is actually the cost of keeping one instrument for dozens of embryos, and its cost is not as high as one to one.

Three, after the expiration of the contract, the non-renewal fee will naturally no longer be saved, how can it be said that it is a loss? What's more, like this institution in Xiamen, they have publicly indicated that they will renew their fees. If they still don't renew the fee, of course, the other party has the right to stop freezing. Don't say "this is human life" so shocking. As an embryo, these "lives" really have no human rights. If these are all responsible, how can you make everyone in each suit responsible?

Generally speaking, this kind of freezing does not have to worry about losing money, and it will only cause public opinion at most.