National Embryo Donation Center
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چکیده
The National Embryo Donation Center [4] (NEDC) is a non-profit organization [5] that was established in 2002 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The organization [5] is endorsed and supported by several Christian-based associations such as the Christian Medical Association [6], Bethany Christian Services, and Baptist Health Systems. Its goal is to provide embryo donation [7] and embryo adoption [8] services in order to utilize the large number of embryos that are being cryopreserved as a result of infertility [9] procedures and are no longer needed. Jeffrey Keenan [10], Medical Director of the NEDC, is an OB/GYN, reproductive endocrinologist, and infertility [9] specialist.
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