Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Millions—or potentially tens of millions—of frozen embryos created through IVF are filling storage banks around the world.
Not all of them will become pregnancies, let alone babies. Some will be donated for scientific research. Others will be destroyed. But many of them will be stuck in a strange limbo. Indefinitely. And it's a struggle to know what to do with them.
Learn more about the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos: technologyreview.com/2025/01/13/1109922/inside-the-strange-limbo-facing-ivf-embryos/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement
Millions—or potentially tens of millions—of frozen embryos created through IVF are filling storage banks around the world.
Not all of them will become pregnancies, let alone babies. Some will be donated for scientific research. Others will be destroyed. But many of them will be stuck in a strange limbo. Indefinitely. And it's a struggle to know what to do with them.
Learn more about the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos: technologyreview.com/2025/01/13/1109922/inside-the-strange-limbo-facing-ivf-embryos/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement
