In last week's BioNews we published an article about Canadian Mike Kuzminski, who became a father following the use of his sperm frozen 22 years earlier, prior to his starting treatment for cancer. In, it, we stated that: 'Kuzminski seems to have benefited from Canada's current policy indecision regarding gamete storage time-limit guidelines for abandoned frozen sperm. He would not have been so lucky in the UK, where gametes are stored for a maximum of ten years, now with the option to request a five year extension'.
It has been pointed out that this statement is incorrect. While the standard limit for storing frozen gametes in the UK is ten years, regulations allow a person who has a medical treatment reason for storing his sperm to be able to extend the storage period up until he turns 55, so long as he was under 45-years-old when he first stored the sperm. We apologise for this mistake, and any misunderstanding it may have caused.
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